Should Genetically Modified Food Be Banned?
Potential Health Dangers or Feed more people
YES, unnatural
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NO, it feeds people
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Genetically modified food should be banned due to different disadvantages. The biggest threat caused by genetically modified food is that they can have harmful effects on the human body. Moreover, according to some experts, people who consume such foods have high chances of developing cancer. Besides, as these foods are new inventions, not much is known about their long-term effects on human beings. As the health effects are unknown, many people prefer to stay away from genetically modified foods. In many countries, manufacturers do not mention on the label that foods are genetically manufactured because they think that this would affect their business. However, this is not a good practice as consumers do not get the chance to decide whether they should really opt for these foods. Many religious and cultural communities are against genetically modified foods because they see it as an unnatural way of producing foods. Many people are also not comfortable with the idea of transferring animal genes into plants and vice versa. Also, this cross-pollination method can cause damage to other organisms that thrive in the environment. Experts are of the opinion that with the increase of genetically modified foods, developing countries would start depending more on industrial countries because it is likely that the food production would be controlled by them in the time to come. Side: YES, unnatural
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According to wikipedia, which gives links to various studies, there have been no ill-effects of GM food consumption. And even if there were, the most important question is this: will more people die from starvation, or from the actual consumption of GM food. If the answer is that more people will starve, then GM food should remain - if GM food will cause more problems, then it should be banned. In a nutshell, whichever way saves more people. A personal view, GET OUT, GOVERNMENT - WE DON'T WANT YOU TELLING US WHAT WE CAN EAT! Side: NO, it feeds people
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I don't believe the world, whatever the food source, can contain 12 billion people. What'll happen in generations after them? 20 billion, 35 billion, 50 billion - the numbers must stop. In twelve more generations, I can't imagine the entire solar system being capable of containing all those people. I'd say that there'd be about 800,000,000,000 using the examples given above - and that is taken from years of genealogical study and observations. Side: NO, it feeds people
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