Thursday, April 5, 2012

Are Genetically Modified (GM) foods good or bad for people?

Rice is considered the most useful food in the world, it has an enormous amount of protein which helps to build the body up.Researchers from around the world discovered the "GM Crops". This rice can grow without the usage of water. In certain kind countries, companies grow the GM Crops to feed the starving people. There are two groups of people, one who agrees and the other disagrees on the idea of growing GM Crops for the following reasons.

Many researchers are totally against growing the GM Crops.Firstly, European environmentalists believe that GM Crops have a possible bad effect to the body and to the ecosystem .In instance, it contains harmful chemicals that can destroy the human body gradually. Secondly, European farmers fear that GM Crops might-cross pollinate.In other words, once those live organisms released, we can not take them back and that will certainly cause more pollution and damage the environment. Another major reason is that companies produce both the pesticide chemicals and the plants that needed to be resistant to them. Plants that reproduce by spearding their pollen in the wind can possibly fertilize wild plants. making them more difficult to control

On the contrary, other researchers agree on growing GM Crops based on these reasons. Jimmy Carter sees that "GM Crops is a way to fight world starvation". Countries such as, |China, India, and Japan, lack the natural food. Also, Horence Wambugu states another critical benefit "these Crops would provide desperately needed food with less labor and suffering", it has a special genetic form that able rice to be grown without using water and can also be grown in non-fertilized land. Not to mention that GM Crops contain Vitamin A plus Iron which is necessary to the human body. For example, the Philippians lack Vitamin A, so growing GM Crops in this country will save many people's family.

In summary, there are good reasons both for and against the idea of growing GM Crops. In my point of view, i think that GM Crops should be grown in countries, such as China, India, Japan, Philippians. ETC. because the population in those countries are high and there are many starving people who needs food immediately. In the future, there will be less starving in the world, due to the developing of Genetically food sources. 

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