GMF/GMO? OMG!
Maddy Oldham Vivas 1A
What is a GMF/GMO?
Benefits and Risks of GMFs/GMOs
According to an article from Jack Baskin School of Engineering, the benefits of GMFs/GMOs include:
- increased crop intake -> more food to spread around -> less famine
- crops that are resistant to weeds, bugs, and other pests/harmful products
- foods that look and taste better and last longer
Risks
According to an article from the Center for Food Saftey, some risks involved in GMFs/GMOs include:
- unexpected allergic reactions
- toxicity
- the food losing nutritional value
- create internal bacteria to become antibiotic-resistant
Genetically Modified vs. Unmodified Corn
Genetic Modification enhances beauty of food
A strawberry undergoing genetic modification
Should they be labeled?
Works Cited
Center for Food Saftey. “GE Food & Your Health.” CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY. CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY, 2015. Web. 10 Mar. 2015. <http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/issues/311/ge-foods/ge-food-and-your-health#>. C: The copyright on the site is 2015, making the info current.
R:The article is directly related to the project by providing the health risks associated with GE foods.
A: The site, Center for Food Safety, has authority since it is, as their name says, experts on food saftey.
P: The article is written strictly to inform the reader of the negative elements of GMFs/GMOs, not to try and get the person to boycott completely (though their information does a good job at making the reader want this on their own).
Edwards, Terrell, et al. “Benefits of GM Food:.” Genetically Modified Foods. CMPE80e UC Santa Cruz, 2005. Web. 10 Mar. 2015. <https://classes.soe.ucsc.edu/cmpe080e/Spring05/projects/gmo/benefits.htm>. C: The article is from 2005, which may be considered out of date. However, the pros provided are not specific to that year and, therefore, can be considered applicable now.
R: The article talks directly about GMOs and what their benefits are in society.
A: The author/source of this article is UC Santa Cruz, and engineering college in California (which, as an engineering school, would have lots of information about this topic as it relates to genetic engineering).
P: The source includes a con article in order to show the other side and reduce bias.
The article on the same source titled Cons (https://classes.soe.ucsc.edu/cmpe080e/Spring05/projects/gmo/negative.htm) was used in the con portion of the smore as well to supplement the other article.