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THE WORLD OF GMOs : Are GMOs GOOD or BAD?
Introduction
Food has arguably the most important needs of man since ancient times and
it is the key to the growth of every nation and so, food security is the goal of every
nation
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Over the
last centuries, there had been a rapid growth in our population and this growth
resulted in an unprecedented demand for food to sustain the growing nations
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Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO’s) proved to become a useful solution to face
the food problem
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What are GMOs?
Genetically Modified Organisms are organisms whose genetic material has been
changed through the use of genetic engineering techniques
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This also means that it provides plants and animals with certain agricultural
and economic benefits
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Animals are also genetically modified to bring more
product in them, for example, sheeps are genetically modified to grow more wool,
pigs and cows are modified to have more meat in them
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When it comes to insects, there are genetically modified plants that can be harmful
to them but not to humans and this significantly lowered the use of pesticides
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The Good Side
Throughout the years GMOs provide humans and the environment essential benefits
which lead to more innovative economic and agricultural growth
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Because crops are genetically modified, strong plants are created to
withstand diseases and the use of pesticides, thus lowering the need to be used and
become economically beneficial to both farmers and the environment
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The Bad Side
Although GMOs provide more benefits than risks, there is still a lot of opposition
about their production
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Next is that, although there is an increase in food production,
labelling GMO foods can have an additional expense which businessmen use to

bring more money for them
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Also the injection of these genes to foreign genes could lead to
dangerous side effects which the human body is not accustomed to
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Presently, GMOs provide the best means to achieve faster and sustainable food
production to feed a growing population
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However, this only shows that there should be
practical care on how GMOs should be handled and how this can help feed not only
a community but benefit the whole nation in order to prevent hunger
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