Gmos Ethical Dilemmas

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GMOs are convenient to produce but do you know how they are made or how much more money you will waste going to the hospital? GMOs are a dilemma considering the amount of money the U.S. owes, the insufficient amount of examination that has been accomplished, and then the accidental creation of pesticides resistance weed which posted an issue. Although GMOs help feed everyone, little do people know the chemicals in the foods are unhealthy, and the amount of chemicals put in foods need to change.

To commence, GMOs are bad because of the unhealthy chemicals put into it and the amount of debt various countries are in. It is not a case of GMOs not accomplishing what they were created for it is a dilemma where people are now eating more and on top of that eating more of the bad things making the people of this world more and more overweight and inactive. For instance, “ gm crops have costed the United States an estimated $12 billion in farm subsidies, lost sales and product recalls due to transgenic contamination,”(UC Santa Cruz). This is a significant amount of money lost, for an idea that sounded better than telecommunication. On top of that we have come to find out that,“Very little testing has been done on GM foods, genetic engineering is a new field, and long term results are unclear,”(UC Santa Cruz). Another concern centering on impacts of biotechnology is possible harm of GM seeds and crops to other, beneficial organisms,”(Pennstatelaw).
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Why? Well as the company UC Santa Cruz puts it, GM foods will have,“better texture, flavor and nutritional value.” Finally, “foods with a longer shelf life for easier shipping... can create an essential sustainable way to feed the world.”(UC Santa Cruz). With this, “Farmers may worry that their use of GM seeds will create "superweeds" or "superbugs" that, over time, become resistant to GM seeds and crops and to other herbicides and