TED DENİZLİ COLLEGE / 8-A
GMO Food
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GMO food is a cause of concern due to
their future effects, but despite all the
worries, GMO food production cannot be
abandoned. What are the benefits and
harms of GMO food?
GMO nutrients are obtained from plant
species whose DNA is changed by methods
developed by genetic engineering. By
transferring DNA from one organism to
another, the organism’s DNA is genetically
modified. Then the question is why we
produce GMO food? Genetic engineering
technology applications in plants are
carried out in order to improve product
quality, development of resistance
to harmful organisms and agronomic
characteristics. Currently, the United States,
India, Argentina, Brazil and Canada. Most of
the maize and soybean grown in the United
States (about 85 percent) are GMOs.
It is thought that genetic engineering
technology has been facilitated in recent
years and that this technology can produce
large quantities of food and medicine which
are necessary as a result of the growing
population of the world. In addition, this
technology has the potential benefits
of faster, growing, disease, weather and
insect resistant, pesticide-resistant herbal
products, as well as more delicious, safer,
more productive, more nutritious, longlasting
and health-beneficial plant and
animal products. they will be. In addition,
it is claimed that this technology has
the potential benefits of faster, growing,
pesticide-resistant herbal products, as well
as more delicious, safer, more productive,
more nutritious, long-lasting and healthbeneficial
plant and animal products.
However, the short-term and long-term
effects of these products, especially on
human health, are not sufficiently known. It
is not true to introduce nutrients for human
consumption that we have not yet predicted
their effects on. Moreover, if these products
threaten genetic diversity, an irreversible
process will be undertaken.
To sum up, for all these reasons, such
products should be placed on the market
after sufficient scientific research and
their usage should be controlled by legal
regulations before serving it to the people.