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Genetic engineering- changing the food we eat and the world we live in.

Inserting genes for specific traits into plants and animals DNA. What are GMO? www.fooddialogues.com foodsource gmo? Gives a perfect e!planation " Geneticall# modified organisms $GMO%s& are simpl# plants developed through a process in which a cop# of a desired gene or section of genetic material from one plant or organism is placed into another plant to achieve a desired trait' such as resistance to an insect or improving the ripening process in order to (etter meet a customer)s mar*et need+ In the National Geographic maga,ine article written (# -ennifer Ac*erman in Ma# .//.' she states that Dean Dellapenna0 1rofessor' Department of 2iochemisr# and Molecular 2iolog#. "Dr. Dellapenna dreams of a world where (roccoli is (ursting with cancer-fighting chemicals. 3ice crops are vitamin enhanced and sweet potatoes help nourish that poor. A world where doctors presci(e theraputic vegeta(les for heart disease and cancer+. Is this world possi(le? 4ow would we start creating this world? When would we start creating this world? Is it safe to mess with DNA? 5he truth is people have (een geneticall# alternating food for #ears6 5he onl# thing that is different is the technolog# used to change alternate plants and animals. We are now ma*ing plants (igger and loaded with more vegeta(les. 5here are man# 7uestions to consider a(out geneticall# engineering food.. Is it safe to eat? What food is reall#' trul# safe? 8ou could still (e allergic to GMO food 9ust as well as non- GMO food. Will we (e told whats in our vegeta(les? As far as we *now food companies are not re7uired to tell us what%s in the food. :an animals eat GMO food? I%m assuming #es. If its safe for people it must (e safe for animals too. 4ow do the farmers feel? ;nfortunatel# I do not *now how the farmers feel. I am not a farmer and I do not *now an#. Do the# get to pic* their own food? Again' I do not *now the answer' (ut I%m sure the farmers have tal*ed a(out this with food companies and

the scientist geneticall# engineering the food and animals. <ets go over the pros and cons of geneticall# engineering food and animals. 1ros= >- More nutrients .- More vitamins ?- @ight off diseases instead of using medication that is harmful to #our (od# A- No one would starve B- O(esit# num(ers would decrease :ons= >- Don%t *now whats in our food. .- Are consumers hiding something from their people? ?-Will people gain more allergies (ecause of the chemicals going into our animals and food? A-Will food prices increase with the cost of chemicals? B- 4ow is this changing the DNA in animals? Now these cons ma# not (e negative (ut the# are serious things to thin* a(out. As a person loo*ing into having a career in the medical field I)m (oth for an against geneticall# engineered food. I have a great desire to help people' (ut with this "super+ food would I (e a(le to still help people when the# are sic* or would the# 9ust have to go eat this "super+ food? At the same time seeing people suffer and go through pain is not a plus side of m# 9o(. I guess the onl# thing I can do is wait' watch and continue to learn a(out what scientist are planning to do with out food and animals.

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