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= How GMOs Effect Humans = toc There are many [|good sides to genetically modified organisms]. When they modify the plant, they have many options open to them, and most tend to modify more than one thing. Many GMO plants are filled with nutrients they would not normally have, or the nutrients are exaggerated, such as Golden Rice. Rice is widely eaten, and is a staple in most countries. [|It is also lacking nutrients] such as vitamin A. This golden rice could not openly help Americans be healthier, but it is a possible solution to world hunger. Say a person in a third world country only has corn for dinner. If that corn can be modified to have more nutrients, the person can get more out it and be healthier without actually trying to get more food. In these same third world countries it is hard to come by vaccines and medicines. Scientists are trying to put these vaccines into foods, making them easier to ship and maintain. This would be an enormous help to the needy. While these are all good things, people are still on the opposition when it comes to GMOs. People believe that there are unknown health risks to humans. They say that it is impossible to know what introducing foreign DNA into plants will do to alter how they affect humans. There is no data that backs up this theory, but it has many people worried. There is evidence that it is harmful to farmers and their economic situation. It has been said that GMO seeds and non-GMO seeds cannot co-exist. Farmers are struggling to not use the modified seeds, but because most are using them the minority is being forced to comply or go bankrupt. Some fear that the[| modified plants will break out]. It is possible they could cross-breed with other similar plants. This has the potential to disrupt the ecosystem and mutate animals. Others, meanwhile, say that it is not only very unlikely that this will happen, but so what if it does? They are not putting anything harmful in the plant, only adding more nutrients and in some cases vaccinations and medicines. = = = How GMOs Effect Animals =

The gene splicing and cloning of animals has some down falls and yet they have so great ways to say why it is good. The first reason why I think it is a good thing is that there is a bull farm that has the most muscle mass and is over a ton in weight. This bull has 14.2 more percent rib eye meat then on an average cow does compare to an average Belgian Blue bull. Also they have a 53% less fat then a normal cow making it much more useful for killing the animal because of it having much more meat on it then other cows. []One down side to cloning animals is like dolly the sheep. Dolly was one of the 276 that lived in this cloning process. Scientist has not made much process in make this process more successful in the past few years. There are many things that could go wrong in trying to clone animals for example if the nucleus die’s while putting it into the cell then it won’t develop. [] One other example of why I think that we should use GMO animals is that they make it easier for farmers. One example for why it makes the job easier for farmers is the featherless chicken. Without the feathers the chickens can live in warmer weather and this will save the farmers from having chickens die in the warmer heat and have to use less energy for fan cooling down the chickens. Also it makes one the farmers have one less step to clean the chicken and making the chickens cost less in the long wrong and help people be able to save money. [] There is also an animal that isn’t very big around where we live and the amount of them is going down. This fish is much bigger than what we have around here and the meat is safe to eat. This fish will feed more people and be much more fun to catch on the line. This animal has not be fully tested for living in the wild but they are working on it to have more of these fish and be able to put them in the wind.

= Conclusion = Does GMOs affect humans and animals? Many think that GMOs are not safe because there isn’t enough study to conclude if it’s safe or not. They also think that animal cloning leads to deformation and death of animals. Others feel that genetic engineering is the inevitable wave of the future and that we cannot afford to ignore a technology that has such enormous potential benefits. For example by genetically modifying plants and animals an increase of growth making them bigger and faster, can save time and money. Genetically Modified animals could be resistant to diseases and have better withstand typical factory farm conditions.The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations reports that some GMO foods have been engineered to be more nutritious in terms of mineral or vitamin content. Not only does this help you get the nutrients you need, it can also play a significant role in battling malnutrition in the developing world. It’s been proven by The United Nations that vitamin A-enhanced rice is helping to reduce global vitamin A deficiencies.And by [|genetically modifying animals], in the near future animal’s organs such as the heart and kidney could be harvested for replacement in the human body ([|Xenotransplantation]) .Overall the effect of GMOs is not harmful but beneficial to human beings and animals.