Mad Cow Disease

Agronomists have been working on these problems for years, but the rapid population growth of humans makes overcoming these challenges increasingly urgent. If we can’t feed the world, it will eventually feed on us.” (Newsweek/United Nations) Scientists find a way to add “medicine” to plant genes, which help it withstands pest attacks and drought problems.“Some GMO corn crops can protect harvests in water-limited conditions better than conventionally produced crops. Other GMOs can also promote use of no-till farming, which keeps more moisture in the soil. No-till also enables farmers to make fewer passes through the field using machinery, which means less fuel used and greenhouse gases emitted.”(Monsanto) GMOs are useful for helping with planting crops in any area of the world.

Another reason why GMOs are beneficial is because they can help to improve the food quality, as well as taste. For example, Farmers claim better food quality and taste. This could mean the food is more appealing, and could be more healthy.(E) Also, GM has created crops with extra vitaminals and minerals, as well as other benefits(D) If crops have extra vitiamins and minerals they will be better for our body, and we will get more vitamins and minerals in our body while paying a lower price for our food. GMOs have also created better versions of some food we already love. Golden Rice is a GMO rice which is good for the eyes and skin, and bruise free potatoes have less of a cancer causing cemical when they are fried.D As a result, foods that are GM have benefits that the other food doesn’t have, and certain bad things in them can be removed or reduced, making the food better for your.

Globalization has an Immense impact on health because of the spread of people, food, and manufactured goods. In today's era, we travel more than before and so does our food. This travel can lead to the spread of disease by people coming more in contact with each other from different parts of the world. Mosquitos could accidentally board a plane or food caring disease could be shipped to another country. Not only in today's era has this happened but since ancient times we have been susceptible to diseases from travel. Smallpox and the bubonic plague killed many of the world's population. These diseases were mostly caused by the travel on ships or the diseases in rats and lack of medical knowledge from the people. The first step to reducing global disease is surveillance. With surveillance, we can better monitor new spreads of disease around the world. Immunizations are very helpful because they can help prevent the body from receiving any harmful diseases. Research is necessary because we can

GMOs are beneficial in many ways. GMOs are great for poor people to buy and grow. GMOs are safe and people have been eating them for a long time. Also these genetically modified foods are safe from pests and diseases that can make people or animals very sick. GMOs are beneficial for lot’s of people.

Genetically modified organisms can be crops or animals. There can be a few health benefits from this process. Theresa Phillips in “Genetically Modified Organisms” states “some benefits of genetic engineering in agriculture are increased crop yield, reduced costs for food or drug production, reduced need for pesticides, enhanced nutrient composition, and food quality, resistance to pests and disease, greater food security, and medical benefits to the world’s growing population” (Phillips, 2). “A number of animals have also been genetically engineered to increase yield and decrease susceptibility to disease.” (Phillips, 2) In “Genetically Modifies Foods: Harmful or Helpful” by Debra B Whitman also states some health benefits “pest resistance, herbicide tolerance, disease resistance, cold tolerance, drought tolerance/salinity tolerance, nutrition, and pharmaceuticals” (Whitman, 3-9). GMOs may have health benefits, but they also come with some risks.

Globalization aided in impacting human health by population mobility. The source of epidemics throughout history can be traced back to human migration (Saker). The effects of these epidemics have changed whole societies. International efforts to prevent the spreading of infections from one country to another have been focused on. Early diseases that spread between Asia and Europe included the bubonic plague, influenzas of various types, and other similar contagious diseases. The world is more interdependent and connected than ever in the era of globalization. This is because inexpensive and efficient transportation allows access to almost everywhere and the increase of global trade of agricultural products brought an increasing number of people into contact with animal disease. Trade routes had long been established between Europe and Asia along which diseases were unintentionally transmitted. The management of malaria is a global role (Carter). Global institutions support the

There are many positives to having GMO’s. For one, as a result of genetically modified food crops, plants are less susceptible to dying from diseases and harmful bugs, which in return gives us a steady food supply year round. In addition, GMO’s increase the amount of food that is produced making the supply and demand ratio accommodate each other. More food is being produced than what people are able to eat making it more “affordable.” All in all, GMO’s allow food to be more resistant to nature and more fertile.

It can also protect from weeds overtaking and killing the crop. This helps farmers grow crops successfully, which increases their profits. This allows them to save money at the same time. I Also, in 1970 the average corn harvested about 70 bushes in acre, but with the GM seeds and corn it has produced 150 bushels in acre. While all of this might sound nice, you also have to think about the negative consequences of using GM seeds for crops. One of the downsides is that this can prove harmful to people who consume them. Although there is no study to say that it has harmed the body, but just think of all that toxin that is being put into you that you don’t even know. Let’s take a tomato for example, they are good for you, they give you vitamins A and C and even help prevent cancer, but when you pump that entire toxin into the tomato you take all of that away. Also I think the fact that the European Union has banned most of the Monsanto crop says a lot. Last, but not least there is a threat to the environment of contamination as well by using the GM seeds for

Besides producing pesticide as a crop which inner of itself is astonishing, there is so much more you can do with GMOs that is beneficial to mankind and our environment. You could for example, produce plants with an increased rate of nutrients or even add additional nutrients that never ever existed in its initial state. On a larger scale, we could try to modify plants resilient

One major change in technology has been the increase in international travel. According to Weiss and McMichael (2004), “The speed of modern air travel works wonders for the dispersal of infectious diseases” (p. S74). Church (2004) adds to this by stating, “From an infectious disease perspective, air travel makes the world a global village because ‘microbial traffic’ follows the human host” (p. 564). Smolinski, Hamburg, and Lederberg (2003) explain that international travel now means that infectious diseases have no borders and has played a major role in spreading infectious diseases across the world. They also expand on the fact that the travel process and all the interactions that occur while traveling aid in the spread of diseases globally. Economic globalization and technology has also led to many changes in agriculture that are contributing to the rise of infectious diseases. Smolinski, Hamburg, and Lederberg (2003) state, “International trade in food and animal agriculture has increased markedly as an important aspect of globalization. The United States and other countries now enjoy more goods from more countries than ever before” (p. 68). Church (2004) explains that this is a problem by writing, “Food-borne and waterborne illnesses also may be imported from other countries” (p. 568). He also brings up the problem that the new practice of mass-production means that contamination and outbreaks now affect many more people. Weiss and McMichael (2004) expand on this by explaining that the agricultural practice of intense, single-species farming will also mean larger-scale epidemics when problems occur. Lastly, Lashley (2006) adds to these ideas by discussing how globalization has led to an increased demand of exotic foods year-round and this demand brings with it new infectious diseases. Not only do technological and economic growth contribute to the rise of

Picture a field of maize with small ears of corn, and all of it produced in small quantities. Now imagine that, as a scientist, this crop had to produce larger product and quantities in a much faster pace. What would you do? Typically scientists and researchers go straight to Genetically Modified Organisms. GMOs have the ability to produce larger product, quantities, and also enhance the pace of the growth of the product, condensing all of a GMOs capabilities, at hand. Overall, genetically modified organisms primarily benefit several factors in all aspects of society, mostly through its rapid production of information.

GMOs allow for crops to be more resistance to diseases. Most plants are modified to resist bacterial, fungal, and viral infections. For example, sweet potatoes and bananas. Sweet potatoes can resist viral infections and bananas can resist black sigatoka fungus. Just to explain how deadly the black sigatoka fungus is, if the bananas are not treated, over 70% will die because of that

Some pros of GMO’s are that they could be the key to ending world hunger. Also, GMO Crops have less of an impact on the environment. There is less of an impact because they do not use as many natural resources (Bittman). GMO products will yield more bushels per acer than non GMO products. This means that for every acer of crop the farmer

This can be a huge advantage to many farmers giving them a wider selection of herbicides to use and also allowing them to use fewer pesticides which is good for the environment. Another advantage of GMO’s is that they can add vitamins to a plant, making it healthier when eaten. For example, in his article “In a Grain of Golden Rice, a World of Controversy over GMO Foods,” Dan Charles explains how genetic modification of rice is used to help people who are more likely to get a vitamin A deficiency, which can cause blindness. This was implemented specifically for places like Asia and Africa (most common places with vitamin A deficiencies) and was meant to improve consumers’ lives who were poor.

spreading after they have been bitten by the mosquitos. Cholera and West Nile are just a few