Jack-

Gmos can help starving people

Pros of gmos for hungry

● Long shelf life

● More nutrients
● Cheaper so more food can be bought for less
● Less water needed
● Can grow in poor soil
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https://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-robbins/gmo-food_b_914968.html

Non Gmo plants need more room than non gmo plants, non-gmo farms have to be double the
size to make the same as farms that do use gmos. This is very bad for the environment
No gmo farms

● Take up more space which means more trees will have to be clear cut to make room for
crops
● They need more water and irrigation pumps are powered by gas which gives off
emissions
● More space and more water means much higher prices
● Degrade soil gmo crops don't take as many nutrients from the soil because they receive
fertilizer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSten18rI9A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y5bGpWNYKc

Addie-
Because testing on humans would be unethical, rats are the next best thing that can be used to
see how humans beings react to a specific chemical. Rats were tested using GMOs, two times
with the same results; no harm was done to the rodents. Even when a rat was fed over 7,000
times the average daily human consumption of GMO foods, they were unharmed and had no
health differences to the non-GMO consuming rats. There was also a concern that GMOs could
affect future generations. Yet again, a test on rats was given in which the testes, the most
sensitive organ for toxicity tests, were measured and checked throughout 4 generations. The
results showed that even one of the most sensitive organs for this type of test went unaffected,
as well as the overall health of the animals.
Trae-​ ​On July 29, President Barack Obama signed a bill amending the Agricultural Marketing
Act of 1946 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a national disclosure standard for
bioengineered foods. While the new law establishes the framework for the labeling of food
products containing bioengineered or genetically modified organism (GMO) ingredients, the
secretary will have the next two years to develop specific rules related to such labeling. For
example, although the law states that companies will be required to disclose the presence of
GMO ingredients through text labels, symbols, or digital links, such as scannable QR codes, the
secretary is to determine the amounts of such substances that may be present in food before
triggering the labeling requirement.

Kurstin-
Pollen dispersal: The transfer of pollen from one plant to another
Gene flow: The transfer of genes from one population to another (can cause change)
Problem: GMO crops can transfer their DNA into non-GMO crops causing them to change and
have the characteristics of a GMO crops.
Why this problem can be good: The GMO crop can transfer its DNA to your crop so you don’t
have to do all the work or spend all of the money in order to have your crops genetically
modified. If you don’t want your crops to have an advantage, then move your crops where they
are far away from other crops so they won’t be changed
Arguments against GMO:
-unhealthy
-contaminate
-increase herbicide use
-dangerous side effects
-government oversight is not there
-harms the environment
-do not increase yields and work against feeding a hungry world
-health consequences are unknown
-GMOs are unlabeled
-reduces genetic diversity
-not the answer for global food security
-not been proven to be safe; the few studies that were conducted concluded that they were bad
-biotech firms have sketchy backgrounds
-massive amounts of pesticides, herbicides and fungicides
Arguments for GMO:
-increases yield
-protects the earth
-tastes better
-uses less pesticides
-helps small farmers
-helps climate change
-fight malnutrition
-reduces world poverty
-safety and allergy tested
-most tested products in history
-can make food more nutritious

Websites
(Addie) ​http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2015/will-gmos-hurt-my-body/
(Addie)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/21/gmo-labeling-ama-american-medical-association_n
_1616716.html
(Addie) ​https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2408621/
(Kurstin) ​https://fitnessreloaded.com/eat-gmos/
(Kurstin)
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/genetically-engineered-crops-are-safe-and-possibly-g
ood-for-climate-change/
(Jack) ​https://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-robbins/gmo-food_b_914968.html
(Jack)​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSten18rI9A
(Jack)​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y5bGpWNYKc
(Trae)​http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2016/09/the-new-gmo-labeling-law-a-matter-of-perspectiv

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