Question

Po 5 argumentów za i przeciw modyfikacji żywności po Angielsku.

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Answer 1

Arguments in favor of genetic modification of food:

-Genetically modified food has desireable qualities that allow it to grow better. One example I once read about is about a fish gene that was inserted into strawberries. This fish lived in cold waters. Researchers took the gene that allowed it to live in the cold and added it to the strawberry. This made the strawberry grow in a colder climate.

-GM food resists pests and disease. A lot of non-GM foods are attacked by disease or insects and kill the crop. But GM foods don't get sick and the crop survives. 

-GM food produces higher yield. There is not enough food and people around the world are starving. GM foods, however, grow more and better and produce more food that feeds more hungry people.

-GM food have more vitamins. They can be changed to contain more vitamin A, for example, and be healthier.

-GM foods don't need to be sprayed with chemicals. Since they are disease-resistant, pesticides that are harmful to humans don't have to be used on the crop.

 

Disadvantages of genetically modified food:

-There is not enough information about GM foods' safety. Even if there are no short-term negative consequences of a diet rich in GM foods, we don't know what the long-term consequences may be. We are part of the experiment to find out if they are harmful or not.

-It can cause allergies. Combining genetic material from various plants and animals have led to dangerous combinations and allergies in humans.

-Some GM foods don't produce seeds from which farmers can plant the following year. Instead, farmers have to buy seeds from rich companies. This makes the farmers dependent on rich countries.

-Pesticide-resistant pests can develop. Antibiotics are used to kill bacteria, but antibiotics should be used rarely so no antibiotic-resistant bacteria develop. But GM foods have antibiotics and other pesticides inside them. This means that diseases can develop that are immune to antibiotics and pesticides.

-People lose control of what they're eating. If an animal eats GM plants, people who eat the animal won't even know what they're eating. The animal farmer may say that the animal was not genetically modified but if the food the animal ate was, consumers may be eating unwanted food and not even know it.