Gmos Argumentative Analysis

Most people think that GMOs or genetically modified organisms were created in test tubes, and in labs. But contrary to this belief GMOs have been in agriculture for the past 3 centuries, and not created in test tubes. GMOs are vital to the survival of human race and its ever dwindling food supply. Early forms GMOs have been around for the past 3 centuries and were first introduced through the means of selective breeding, and crossbreeding in different crops, such as corn. Over this period of time, even in its early stages, GMOs had exponentially increased crop yield for farmers. This had helped provide and benefit the early human race by providing a consistent food source that could be regrown time and time again. Also, GMOs can help solve

An example of this would be creating bigger and stronger cows to either help harvest wheat and other crops, or be used as meat. In addition to this, crops that have pesticides genetically engineered into them can be entirely insect resistant. This will cause farmers to spend less money on pesticides while increasing profit and thus will boost the economy. Also, this will reduce the number of chemicals that will pollute the air and impact the world less. Some people might argue against these claims by saying that genetically modified plants and animals have not been tested enough,and therefore should not be retailed for human consumption and taken off of grocery shelves. But, this is an untrue statement because according to the company “Monsanto” they state that their research teams “conduct years of field trials and comprehensive testing to be scientifically certain the new trait and genetic modification has not changed the safety of the crop”. Another example that proves this claim wrong is that in the US about 46% of corn are GMO plants and 85% of soybean sugar beets and cotton raised in the US has pesticide resistance, longer survivability, and the ability to resist drought all genetically engineered into them and are labeled for retail use. These examples prove that using GMOs is safe and should be allowed for human consumption and allowed to be on grocery store