Genetically Modified(GM) Foods Good or Bad

Faisal albarrak                                   

4/5/12

                                        Genetically Modified (GM) Foods Good or Bad

            Have you ever tried fake rice? Food is very important for the human being especially the rice because it has protein. Because of the starvation many scientists tried to invent something could help the poor people that is the "Golden Rice". Today, there are a lot of companies who produce the golden rice. The golden rice was made from a flower and it has vitamin A and Iron. There are two kinds of people some of them are for and the others are against.

First of all, there are many scientists who did not like golden rice idea and they are against GM Crops. Scientists worry about the possible bad effect for the environment and releasing organism that could be harmful. Because it is not natural and it has many chemical substance which can damage the human body. Related to the environment, fear GM Crops might cross-pollinate other crops, produce both the pesticide chemical and the plants need to resistant to them. Vitamin X does not exist in the Philippines and that could cause hair and skin problems. The scientists think that it ruins the human body.

            On the other hand, a lot of scientists were with the idea of growing the golden rice for these following reasons. According to Ingo Potrykus the creator of GM Crops he said, “that it is way to improve health of poor people in the world”. The GM Crops makes and sells crops for profit. GM Crops found it a way to fight starvation. Florence Wambugn said, “Crops could provide desperately needed food with less labor". GM developed papayas that helped Hawaiian. GM crops could feed the poor people and the third world countries. The golden rice has many benefits according to the scientists.

            In summary, there are good reasons both for and against the idea of growing GM Crops and helping the people who do not have food. In my opinion, GM Crops is a bad idea because the human being body cannot handle something unnatural, harmful and poison. GM Crops will success in the future because of the factories that they are building now and because of the third world countries. The GM properties are escalating.