An Analysis Of Jurassic Park

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Melissa Berger Mrs Feucht English 4 April 20, 2014 Jurassic Park Jurassic Park and other films or articles like it, seem to raise an awareness to people about the possible hidden mistrust that occurs with science development. This mistrust may shock people in witnessing which direction science is heading towards and the power behind what science can do. With the motive of “profit” in Jurassic Park, I believe that it is the same motive companies use who support genetically modified organisms. An example of this was when in the film, Harvest of Fear, Greenpeace sent a letter to Gerber stating their concern that they located a genetically engineered ingredient in their products. Gerber never responded to them so they decided to announce it to the public and within a few weeks Gerber announced that they would stop using genetically engineered ingredients in their products. This change showed the consumers that big companies can easily stop production almost by overnight and not have to go through years of government regulations to get something done. What was needed to get the reaction was to give them the fear that they are going to lose a little bit of their market share. Although some companies claim to want to help the countries from starvation, it really is just a bandaid to cover the real motive. Why is it that we want to use the people from these countries as the guinea pigs for the GMO movement experiment? Do the scientists not trust their results? Do they not believe that what they are doing is to truly help? An example that would be a potential problem and could cause chaos is when food, especially vegetables, are injected with an animal gene that has been determined to allow vegetables to stay fresh longer. This ... ... middle of paper ... ... http://www.globalresearch.ca/death-of-the-bees-genetically-modified-crops-and-the-decline-of-bee-colonies-in-north-america/25950 http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2012/03/researchers-gm-crops-are-killing-monarch-butterflies-after-all http://www.geneticliteracyproject.org/2013/03/25/monsanto-v-monarch-butterflies/#.U1Q2vHJeHIU http://www.concordmonitor.com/home/10017361-95/my-turn-gmo-labeling-bad-for-business-bad-for-consumers http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/gmo-your-right-know http://www.nongmoshoppingguide.com/what-is-organic.html http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2014/02/gmo-fight-wont-happen-in-washington-d-c-until-more-state-legislatures-get-their-say/#.U1RvlnJeHIU http://organicmattersblog.com/2013/12/30/the-future-of-gmos-in-our-food-how-do-we-move-forward/ http://www.geneticliteracyproject.org/2014/04/15/china-gmo-debate-mirrors-us-divide/#.U1R343JeHIU

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