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Should people continue to use genetically modified foods?
Samuelonyango
This is not an easily answerable question. Genetically modified foods are more common than one thinks. Some genetic manipulation is essential to enable different food harvests to grow where they normally do not thrive. They can also help save a particular plant life from effects of a blight. Some genetic manipulation is done to provide more growth, or higher food output by the source (i.e. milk cows, or giving chickens growth hormones to make them larger). By and large, in order to answer this question requires a little homework on the part of the consumer. Find out if the food products you consume are genetically altered, then research that alteration to see how it was altered and what, if any, effect it has on the consumer as well as the quality of life for the consumed.
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Why is eugenics a controversial subject?
Because some people believed that people should be able to be genetically modified and others didn't.
Why are a lot of people against genetically modified crops being grown?
A lot of people are against genetically modified crops being grown because of potential negative health effects. The effects of altering crops genetically are also not known due to the process being relatively new.
Are people genetically different?
combinations
What percent are people around the world genetically identical?
Considering a Chimp's DNA is 99% identical to a humans I would think that people around the world are 99.99999% genetically identical
Disadvantages of genetically modified insulin?
Advantages * Cheaper to be made then by normal methods * the E.coli bacteria are friendly to the body * bacteria can be placed in yoghurt- 1-3 yoghurt's a day should be all you would need * bacteria can produce exact amount of insulin needed in response to the host's needs * no allergy problems - using pig insulin caused problems for people allergic to pigs Disadvantages * is still being tested with mice * yoghurt would need to be eaten regularly to replace bacteria
Why is eugenics a controversial subject?
Because some people believed that people should be able to be genetically modified and others didn't.
What are the disadvantage of growing genetically modified crops?
The only proven disadvantage to genetically modified (GM) crops is that some people have shown an alleregic reaction.
What percentage of people eat Genetically modified food in 2012?
93.2%
What can happen if you eat food that's not been genetically modified?
death. Nothing, food that hasn't been genetically modified is natural food. The kind of food people have been eating for thousands of years. Something is more likely to happen to you if you eat genetically modified food.
Do people urgently need genetically modified food regardless what some scientists say about its harmful effects?
No, people do not urgently need genetically modified food, especially since some scientists question its safety.
What action has been taken to try and prevent genetically modified food technology developing?
No movement to try to prevent the development of genetically modified food technology is known. There are; however, people who choose not to eat food that is known to be genetically modified, due to questions about the health and environmental effects of genetically modifying plants used for food.
Why are a lot of people against genetically modified crops being grown?
A lot of people are against genetically modified crops being grown because of potential negative health effects. The effects of altering crops genetically are also not known due to the process being relatively new.
Who discovered genetically modified organisms and when?
No one discovered genetically modified organisms. Such organisms are created by people working in laboratories. In 1953 it was discovered that DNA is the material that carries genes, the information that defines and structures each organism. For the next 50 years people worked to understand DNA and eventually learned how to modify it, in some circumstances. When such a modification is successful, the result is an organism that has been genetically modified - a genetically modified organism.
Explain why you are for or against requiring labels indicating the use of genetically modified components in any food item?
Many people are for labeling genetically modified meats. With a label on the meat, many people are able to choose whether they want to purchase the meat or not.
How many people died from genetically modified foods?
alot about 200 a year (i don't really know)
How can GMOs affect allergies in people or animals?
GMOs (genetically modified food) may create allergies.
What is the effect that genetically modified foods has on society?
We have genetically modified foods for centuries by selective cross breeding plants. With out this and other modern methods of farming perhaps a billion people now existing on a substance diet would starve to death.
