Gmo Persuasive Speech

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What’s with GMOs? Are they good? Are they bad? Why do so many people hate them, fear them no matter the fact that scientists say we should cherish them? Let me say this one thing, they will not kill you. Not convincing? That’s fine, you can hate them, but hear me out because I have some reasoning that may change your view of the issue. GMOs are safe and beneficial to our life.
A GMO is an organism that has been genetically modified. If the thing has DNA, you can alter it. Both plants and animals have been genetically modified in some sort of way. GMOs are nothing new. The early 70’s first introduced modern GMOs with the E. coli insulin. By the 90’s, genetically modified foods and crops were being sold in market. Yet any corn you eat today, …show more content…

He then brought up genetically modified organisms. He quoted Peter H. Raven with this quote, “ Any effort to deny access to technologies that are demonstrably helpful in feeding the people of the world must...be judged from a moral and ethical point of view in relation to its real, not imagined, effects on human welfare.” Kerr went on about the potential of modified crops a lot in this passage as well. On his show, Eyes of Nye, Bill Nye himself talked everything GMO on GM foods. He brought up a comparison with two fruits. The first one was naturall and was carrying a disease. The modified one had a bit of that disease virus built in, causing it to be immune. Nye compared them, saying.”Which one do you eat? The natural one with lots of ringspot virus DNA, or the modified but just with a little bit of that very same DNA?”
Now, how about those who cringe at the idea of GMOs? You hear, It’s not natural or they are deadly. Yes, they are not natural and they could be made to be deadly. The big fear of a genetically modified food being released that would show immense health risks will steer many away from buying them. Although over 40 years have passed since they were first introduced with no side effects, people still stay

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