Post by Doge on Apr 26, 2016 17:58:13 GMT
Life Saving Technology
GMO (an abbreviation for Genetically Modified Food) is produced by living organisms
that have changes in their DNA using the method of genetic engineering. This technique is a better method to control the modification of selective breeding and mutation breeding. In my opinion this is very useful for some parts of the world with climates that some of the plants could not survive in.
At first let me tell you why GMO is so good for us humans. That is because when we grow our food we abuse a lot of pesticides to make these plants much stronger and more durable against the sickness that insects are carrying by killing all the insects that are eating out of our greenery. Think about the damage that these pesticides can do to our environment and one of the consequences could be eutrophication, when the nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium get into both rivers and lakes so it makes the ecosystem uninhabitable. However, there is a solution now in modern technology, which is a method named genetic modification and the method works by changing some parts of the DNA in the seedling so it can produce its own immune system against insects or bacterias that tries to attack them so we don’t have to use pesticides.
Secondly, the golden rice is probably one of the greatest inventions in genetically modified food and might be the key to famine all around the world. This GMO crop with increased beta-carotene when inside the human body, and converts itself into vitamin A, and this rice also has a better ability to store iron than plain rice. Furthermore, the paddy field of this kind of rice gives rise to a rich diversity of species, algae, insect and microorganisms.
Naturally, this kind of method that is still new to us must have some negative effects as well. If these modified organisms got mixed with other native species from the ecosystem that aren't modified in their DNA there is a possibility that the ecosystem could get disrupted by all these new “manmade” species. On the other hand, we could identify these risks and take advantage of the geographic constraints of these species when planning what is the most secure way while testing in the research lab or testing facility. However, there is a control that works as a safety assessment before a certain food would be placed in the European market, known as the Food Safety Authority or for short EFSA.
Last but not least, according to professor Marie Nyman from Karolinska Institutet Science Park ‘‘100 grams of uncooked rice yields approximately 500-800 micrograms of vitamin A. This is equivalent to 80-100 percent of the average need for both men and women and 55-77 percent of the recommended daily intake for men and women’’(http://www.genteknik.se/sv/faltforsok-med-det-gyllene-riset). Unfortunately more than 10 million children under the age of five die every year. Approximately 25 percent could have been saved with the help by genetically modified crops with a contribution of provitamin beta-carotene. As a bonus this modified crop was one of the winners of the Patents for Humanity Awards (2015).
In conclusion even if genetically modified foods are so useful for us people since the positive outcome is that there are more vegetables that can both survive in climates that they previously couldn’t survive in, and supply the nutrition for example the vitamin A that golden rice can give us. Sure, this technology could save many lives but in the end if no one supports
GMO (an abbreviation for Genetically Modified Food) is produced by living organisms
that have changes in their DNA using the method of genetic engineering. This technique is a better method to control the modification of selective breeding and mutation breeding. In my opinion this is very useful for some parts of the world with climates that some of the plants could not survive in.
At first let me tell you why GMO is so good for us humans. That is because when we grow our food we abuse a lot of pesticides to make these plants much stronger and more durable against the sickness that insects are carrying by killing all the insects that are eating out of our greenery. Think about the damage that these pesticides can do to our environment and one of the consequences could be eutrophication, when the nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium get into both rivers and lakes so it makes the ecosystem uninhabitable. However, there is a solution now in modern technology, which is a method named genetic modification and the method works by changing some parts of the DNA in the seedling so it can produce its own immune system against insects or bacterias that tries to attack them so we don’t have to use pesticides.
Secondly, the golden rice is probably one of the greatest inventions in genetically modified food and might be the key to famine all around the world. This GMO crop with increased beta-carotene when inside the human body, and converts itself into vitamin A, and this rice also has a better ability to store iron than plain rice. Furthermore, the paddy field of this kind of rice gives rise to a rich diversity of species, algae, insect and microorganisms.
Naturally, this kind of method that is still new to us must have some negative effects as well. If these modified organisms got mixed with other native species from the ecosystem that aren't modified in their DNA there is a possibility that the ecosystem could get disrupted by all these new “manmade” species. On the other hand, we could identify these risks and take advantage of the geographic constraints of these species when planning what is the most secure way while testing in the research lab or testing facility. However, there is a control that works as a safety assessment before a certain food would be placed in the European market, known as the Food Safety Authority or for short EFSA.
Last but not least, according to professor Marie Nyman from Karolinska Institutet Science Park ‘‘100 grams of uncooked rice yields approximately 500-800 micrograms of vitamin A. This is equivalent to 80-100 percent of the average need for both men and women and 55-77 percent of the recommended daily intake for men and women’’(http://www.genteknik.se/sv/faltforsok-med-det-gyllene-riset). Unfortunately more than 10 million children under the age of five die every year. Approximately 25 percent could have been saved with the help by genetically modified crops with a contribution of provitamin beta-carotene. As a bonus this modified crop was one of the winners of the Patents for Humanity Awards (2015).
In conclusion even if genetically modified foods are so useful for us people since the positive outcome is that there are more vegetables that can both survive in climates that they previously couldn’t survive in, and supply the nutrition for example the vitamin A that golden rice can give us. Sure, this technology could save many lives but in the end if no one supports