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The Truth of GMOs
The topic of GMOs has been a controversial topic in the last couple of decades. If you don’t know what GMOs are, it stands for Genetically Modified Organisms. A genetically modified organism is an organism that has its genetics changed by replacing parts of its DNA with other animals or plants. Genetic modification first started in the 1972 which started with transferring enzymes into another organism, and two years later the first genetically modified mouse was created. Since then scientist have continued their research on genetic modification in way that can help us today. One successful product of genetic modification is creating stronger more resilient crops. So far we have modified some crops so that they can survive the winter, more resilient to pesticides, grow larger and/or healthier fruits and vegetables, and even some that produce their own natural pesticides for insects. These food are amazing and are extremely helpful to some of the poorer farmers who have trouble growing crops. These crops are also perfectly safe to eat and are usually healthier too. However some doubt these claims and create rumors only half the facts. One of the most popular of these false rumors, is that GMO’s cause cancer, autism, and many other disease/unhealthy side effects. The truth is that the GMOs are perfectly safe and have had no correlation to any health problems, what is actually harmful is the pesticides they use on these crops. On some of these crops they uses very strong pesticides to see if they can survive it and how they affect the plant. If you happen to buy the produce of these all you need to do is wash the fruit or veggie thoroughly, as you should with any produce. The only way gmos could potentially hurt you is by an allergic reaction, which the chances of you getting an allergic reaction is quite low. In the present we mostly use gmos to help or crops but there currently is research on what else gmo's can do for us. One issue that Genetic modification can help us with is creating better antibiotics. In recent years antibiotics have been less and less effective against diseases and infections, and with genetic modification we can use the genetics of the antibiotic and improve its effectiveness against bacteria. There are many more aspects of our modern society that genetic modification can improve on, and in the future, there will plenty of opportunities for GMOs to show their usefulness.