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    Food products in our community are being genetically modified or being grown next to or transported with none genetically modified food. The United States doesn’t require the distributers to put labels on their food product that contain genetically modified organisms. Also the foods originally grown without genetic modification are still being contaminated by GMOs during transportation and production. This is a problem because GMOs have been proven to increase the risk of cancer and can cause other

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    GMO’s, or genetically modified organisms, were first brought to my attention in the ninth grade. I did not know that anything such as GMO’s had existed before that, but in my ninth grade biology class we had to watch Food, Inc. and take a health class. I remember being so upset by the poor animal conditions and the lack of labels on foods with genetic modifications. To play my own part in the issue, I started to eat more organic foods and looked for labels that were non-GMO. I also became a

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    “Should We Genetically Modify Our World?” One of the most controversial topics in today’s society deals with GMO’s, which are Genetically Modified Organisms, or microorganisms, whose genetic material has been altered to contain a segment of DNA from another organism. “Since the 1980s, this technology has been used extensively in the lab by researchers for countless purposes: to make copies of genes or proteins, to determine gene function, to study gene expression patterns, and to create models for

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    Genetically Modified Organisms In the present day, if people were asked to name a controversial issue related to genetics, genetically modified organisms (GMO’s) would definitely come up most of the time. This topic has been all over the news for the past few years and it has caught people’s attention. Do they benefit society as a whole? Are they a threat to the public’s health? Should scientists even manipulate genes in organisms? A great deal of questions and doubts have arisen regarding GMO’s

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    AM Core Rayna Liu Sandoval Feb. 12, 2016 SAY NO TO GMOs GMO, “Genetically modified organism; an organism or microorganism whose genetic material has been altered by means of genetic engineering,” as defined by dictionary.com. GMOs today are a great leap to another stage of technology we are still developing and researching… as some people think, but they are not the most essential thing we need today. Injecting chemicals and drugs into food for “more nutrients”

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    the growing demand for food. Though consumers often worry about the production and consumption of GMOs, they are safe for all organisms including consumers and the environment. GMOs, or genetically modified organisms, are plants that are developed through a process in which genes or genetic materials are copied from one plant or organism to another. Genetically modified seeds grow in the ground like any other seed, but GMO seeds have desirable traits that sets them apart from other seeds. These

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    Genetically Modified Organisms also known as GMO’s are commonplace items today on the shelves of the local grocery store, or even the racks of the local department store. Technology today has allowed companies to modify the genetics of everything from corn and soybeans, to cotton and salmon. It hasn’t been known until now how many products really contain these genetically modified organisms. This paper will discuss the origins of GMO’s, the companies that produce these GMO’s, how GMO’s are created

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    Abstract In this brief, the reader will see how organic and genetically modified organisms are viewed and interpreted. They will see the “facts” about the genetically modified organisms and organic organism, and how producers and consumers view this. The reader will be able to understand what is actually happening to genetically modified organisms and organic organisms during the production and when it is getting processed. They will also learn about certified organic and the USDA organic and how

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    Genetically Modified Organisms We all as Americans eat food every day to maintain our homeostasis balance of nutrition. We eat our veggies, meats, dairy, and so forth. We buy our produces from local markets and grocery stores all around the country, but do we really know what kind of products we are purchasing? Where our foods come from and how they are grown? There are many products around us and amongst these foods are some that have been genetically modified. Genetically modified foods (GMOS)

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    a new way to genetically alter foods and other products, by producing GMOs. An acronym for Genetically Modified Organisms, GMOs are organisms that have been genetically modified to show only the desirable traits when they mature. To produce what they call, “transgenic plants”, scientists use recombinant DNA technology (JRSM). They can do this by isolating a gene that produces a specific trait from one organism and splice it into a chromosome from another organism, giving that organism the trait that

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