Genetically Modified Organisms, are living things whose DNA has been altered often with the addition of a gene from a distant species, to produce a desired trait. Mainly it is used to achieve characteristics that are more desirable, such as a bigger size, and a stronger resistance to bugs and diseases. There have been countless debates of whether GMOs should be accepted or rejected by society and if they are in fact protecting us from bacterias and diseases found in regular agricultural methods or are they slowly destroying our bodies and doing us more harm than good.
We are living at a time where the odds are not in our favor. The population is growing and climate change is getting worse by the minute. Because of these factors we have a responsibility to grow healthful food in the most efficient manner. GMOs basically help us accomplish that goal and according to the global scientific consensus, genetically engineered crops are no riskier than others and have provided some tangible benefits.
However, some people argue that it is not the amount of food produced that matters but the quality and sustainability of how it was grown. Besides by allowing farmers to grow genetically modified crops, we are giving large companies a foothold that could possibly result in a takeover. There’s a saying, ”If you control the seed, you control the food; if you control the food, you control the people.”
The research on GMOs is not as advanced as it needs to be. We are often finding new benefits that they may have but we do not know what it could do to our organisms and how it is affecting us in the long run. We don’t fully understand genetics and we could be starting something we won’t be able to take back later on.