The consequence of GMO's is the increased use of chemicals. ... Seventy percent of the GMO crops growing in the U.S. are engineered to withstand high doses of toxic weed killers. ... Because of the Food and Drug Administration's failure to require the labeling of genetically engineered food, avoiding these life threatening goods is difficult to do. ... Genetically engineered organisms also bear the risk of escape or are those that are released from the laboratory could create an ecological disaster. ... (Turpen, 2009,par.1) A study led by Doug Gurian-Sherman who is a lead scientist...

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Around half of cotton crop, an edible cottonseed oil, is also genetically engineered. ... Chemicals can be put into the fruits and vegetables for preservation, chemicals can be put into the feed for mammals that humans consume such as chickens and cows. ... The chemicals used in GM foods can cause flu-like symptoms. ... The chemicals that are used for genetic modification in the United State differ from chemicals used in Canada, Argentina, and Australia; affecting the genes differently. ... Like the research in the text above said we unknowingly always eat genetically engineered goods. ...

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Many of the foods we already eat have been genetically engineered through breeding and hybridization in order to change the genetic structure to make crops stronger and healthier. ... Many food crops are genetically engineered to reduce the need to use pesticides and are tolerant to herbicides, such as Roundup®. ... Also, in developing countries where starvation is high, reducing the need for pesticides allows farmers to produce healthier crops without so many harmful chemicals. ... Crops can be engineered to resist certain herbicides as well. ... Besides the fact that GM crops use herb...

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Transgenic food, genetically engineered food, and genetically modified food all refer to foods derived from genetically modified organisms. ... All genetically engineered foods created so far are derived from genetically engineered plants. ... Peter Kerns (head of food safety, nanosafety, and chemical accidents for the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris) says, "Some scientists [sic] have long questioned whether such feeding studies are appropriate for testing the safety of whole foods. They were designed for testing chemicals where precise doses of purified an...

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It is a healthier and safer option than the use of chemicals going into your body. For example, members of the Northern Canola Growers Association express, "GM foods such as BT corn can help eliminate the application of chemical pesticides.... "TT" is when the companies genetically engineer plants to "Produce a sterile seed after a single growing season" (Kimbrell 2003) ensuring that farmers cannot save their seed, having to buy their seed every year. ... Smith, world's bestseller on the topic of GMO foods – "Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies about ...

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Since GM foods are not labeled, a person could suffer a potentially fatal allergic reaction. " For example, genetically modified tomatoes are more likely to cause an allergic response than naturally grown tomatoes because they are engineered with external genes. ... Valeria Jefferson, an author in the Journal Of Environmental Health, addresses this belief by stating, " The question becomes whether the damage that has been perpetuated upon the environment through the use of pesticides and harmful chemicals causes more damage to the environment than the narrowing of the germ plasma through the d...

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The soybeans are engineered to contain a bacterial gene that confers tolerance to the herbicide glyphosate. ... So farmers are buying these tolerant beans just so they can spray them with this chemical and not have to worry about them dying like every other plant life it touches, or at least that is the idea. ... After only two years after the Roundup Ready soybeans, over 30% of the corn and soybeans planted in the U.S., and close to 50% of the canola planted in Canada have been genetically engineered to be either herbicide or pesticide resistant. ... Monsanto's goal is to create a ...

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An expert on this issue is Ronnie Cummins, whose articles "Hazards of Genetically Engineered Foods and Crops: Why We Need a Global Moratorium," and "Genetically Modified Democracy: Monsanto and Congress Move to Stomp on States' Right" will be heavily referenced and drawn upon in the next few pages. Large companies such as Monsanto and Aventis are able to commission engineers to slip, cut, and manipulate genes and chromosomes within organism. ... " (Cummins 2013) Currently over 170 million acres (40% of crops) remain untested, as the biotech industry spend million...

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