Should We Use GMOs?

GMOs are taking control over almost every source of our food. Genetically modified foods last longer, produce better yield and much more; yet we have to ask ourselves- is it right for GMOs to control so much? After all, GMOs are man-made, the same way all our other environmental issues are. Introduced modified foods disrupt natural equilibriums of ecosystems and agriculture, widens the economical gap between developed and developing countries, and will cause an un-natural dependency on un-natural practices. Once a GMO is introduced, many other factors are affected than just the yield. Native plants and animals that feed on or interact with the genetically modified crop dont adapt as quickly as the crop did. This is fine in some cases, since DDTs purpose is to rid the crop field of pests. However, a study has been shown made by Cornell University researchers that a bit over half of monarch larvae died after being fed milkweed covered with GM corn pollen while a control group of monarch larvae all survived after being fed ordinary milkweed. These results have caused great concern with environmentalist. Mosquitos are another example of how GMOs can cause drawbacks. Researchers at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have found that mosquitos have grown resistant to DDT, A chemical added to mosquito nets. The resistant adaption keeps spreading and is reducing the effectiveness of DDT. Currently, mosquito populations are kept alive by their resistance and therefore keeping the spread of malaria constant and reducing health stability in Africa, a developing continent. Some of the best forms of income to developing countries are their exports of crops. However, with the introduction of GM crops, developed countries are becoming more independent and leaving the rest of the world behind. The new technologies of genetically engineered crops have huge initial costs that developing countries just cant compete against. This so-called advantage that powerful nations have will widen the economical gap between those who can afford the technology and those who cant. Researchers have been experimenting with vegetables and fruits and coming up with ways to insert vaccines inside the crops to create edible vaccines. These crops would replace the need of transporting, managing and storing regular vaccines in developing countries. However, these poverty-filled countries cant even manage their country alone much less recompense for the luxuries of edible vaccines. The extraction of one piece of DNA from one organism to later being submitted into another organism is extremely new and disturbing technology. One cant help but ask Whats next? GMOs go against nature and they also create more issues than solutions which is a lifelong trend that innovators enjoy practicing. GMOs were created to improve yield and shelf-life yet theyve cause pests to gain resistance to their poison and small farmers to lose their occupation. Today, roughly 45-70 percent of our foods in supermarkets include GE crops. Since genetically modified foods are so new, long term effects are unknown and not worth the results.

However, behind all the mystery lie six major corporations that control the production of genetically modified crops. These six giants control the FDA, privatize water, and are building a monopoly with them on the top. The big six includes: BASF, Bayer, Dupont, Dow Chemical Company, Monsanto, and Syngenta. Their main goal has mutated into a money making machine designed to control all working aspects of our food towards their advantage. Genetically modified foods mess with natural balances of the environment and agriculture, leaves developing countries desperate in poverty, and will abuse a reliance that isnt meant to last. Problems must always be solved at the source and in this case the source is far from the solutions of GMOs. We must grow our crops in organic multi-culture fields. We should also conserve our water by using resourceful forms of irrigation as well as supporting our neighboring countries by passing on the education of resourceful, healthy farming.