geneticmodification food and animals
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BY: Livhuwani Patrick Mavhunga
It is important that people know more aboutGM, so we will show you. You will know what isGM, who started with the experiences, theadvantages and disadvantages, some curiousefacts, exemples of animals and food that havebeen genetically modified, which are the countriesthat produce more GM food and a statistic aboutthe opinion of Romanians people about it.
Genetic engineering, also called genetic modification, is a process in which genetic material is changed to make possible the production of new substances or new functions to animals, plants or humans using biotechnology. Per example the crops can be resistant to cold, pesticides and diseases. Or eliminate human hereditary diseases and change their physical characteristics.
Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) wasborned in Austrian Empire andhe was a scientist and friar which gain fame as the founder of the new science of genetics. Hemade experiences with plantsvariation, implanting gens ofone organism to anotherstarting the geneticmodification process.
Some people say that it can:
cure infertility
save endangered species
replace a dead son and adoption
save lives
more medical treatments
DNA analysis
bring immortality
This food doesn’t have a label
Mass produce human being
Use and abuse of genetic data
Nobody knows the effects in the long run
Instability of the ecosystem
Ethical and moral issues
Endanger genetic diversity
Many people lie about the effects of GM many times because of economical interest. But here are some true facts:
The mutilation can lead to many unexpected changes like poor crop performance, alteration in the nutritional content, toxic and allergenic effects.
It doesn’t reduce pesticide, it even increase.
It doesn’t increase crop field potential but it makes it worst by destroying the needing soil nutrients.
Creates serious environmental problems, killing important animals.
It doesn’t help solve climate change because of the increase of quimicals
It won’t help to end up with the world hunger, the food is just bad distributed.
Glow-in-the-dark cats in South Corea
Genetic modification in animal
The Enviropig, is a pig more environmentally friendly by the decreasing the phosphorous.
COWS PRODUCE HYPOALLERGENIC MILK In New Zealand, the cow produces milk almost entirely free of a protein which
causes allergies. And the bigger size of the cow that provides more met.
GLOW DARK PIGSCientists of Taiwan, created three pigs that glow in the dark. Their objective was use the glow dark pigs to study the combat of human diseases.
Trees that can clean up the contamination of places
Bigger sheeps
Misture of zebra andhorse
Misture of orange and kiwi
Colour cabagges
The banana vaccine – To fight against diseases such as cholera and hepatitis.
Salmon that grow faster – To feed more population and good by his properties.
Bigger, longer-lasting tomatoes - These are engineered to produce tomatoes that can remain fresh for longer and be bigger.
Cows that fart less - They have been produced to fight the deleterious effects that cow flatulence can have on the environment.
Now you know more about thisprocedure. The main creator of GM was Gregor Mendel in the XIX century. And we could see the goodthings about this moderntecniques, but there are also a lot ofuncertaintly and problems that couldrise because of this.America is the continent thatproduces more GM food. And youcan be eating a lot of it without evenknowing though most of the peopledoesn’t agree with GMO’s.
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