laboratory through genetic engineering. The genetic make up of these organisms tend to be unstable since they are not naturally occurring or crossbred, since they contain genes that were implanted into them by scientists.Many developed nations have GMOs in food labeled as being so or don't sell them to the public, since they believe that they are harmful to us due to the genetic instability of the fruits and vegetables that contain GMOs.
What happens with genetically modified foods is taking genes from another organism, like a bacteria or another plant species DNA, that could be beneficial to that plant. Benefits of GMOs could include environmental tolerance, insect resistance and other environmental pressures.
There are two views to GMOs: some believe they are perfectly fine for consumption, whereas others do not think that they are safe for consumption/ethical to give to people. Many developed nations refuse to sell them in their countries due to the fact that the genes inserted into the plants are unstable and too recently developed to see the side effects on humans.
The US currently allows GMOs to be sold, anything not labeled "certified GMO- free" should be consumed with caution since GMOs don't have to be labeled in the united states. GMOs can contain things like pesticides in them and herbicides, to make them resistant to pests and other plants, which is altering plant DNA and inserting pesticide DNA into it.
The US currently allows GMOs to be sold, anything not labeled "certified GMO- free" should be consumed with caution since GMOs don't have to be labeled in the united states. GMOs can contain things like pesticides in them and herbicides, to make them resistant to pests and other plants, which is altering plant DNA and inserting pesticide DNA into it.
Most of the foods on our supermarket shelves today have been genetically engineered: corn (85 percent), soy (91 percent), sugar beets (95 percent) and cotton (88 percent). GMOs are also relatively new, they've only been used widespread since the 1990s, making it hard to tell their effect on humans.
In general, GMOs should try to be avoided due to the little information that is provided about health concerns that come with them.
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