Nowadays, technology is advancing at surprising speeds. We can see highly technical implementations everywhere in daily life, such as communication, entertainment or even diet. Genetically modified foods become more and more common in the market, if you have bought some corn, soy or canola oil recently, they may be genetically modified.
Genetic modification is done by isolating particular genes and transferring them in to certain species so that we can create crops with desired traits. With this technology people not only can add desired nutrients and vitamins into the crops, but also improve the resistance towards pests which would lead to an increase in productivity.
Genetic modification seems like a very beneficial technology but has been heavily debated against. Some consumers think there is no evidence to prove that genetically modified crops are one hundred percent safe. The growing concern of this technology may have some unexpected and negative effects on human health. For example the website ProQuest demonstrates that it is because genetic modifications insert new genes into crops, it may cause some new allergens for some people. Since most of the genetically modified foods in the market are not labeled, we have no way to differentiate the organic foods and the genetically modified foods. Even though most of the consumers are indifferent to genetically modified foods, some consumers believe it is necessary for producers to label the genetically modified foods, so that the consumers who have concerns about the genetically modified foods can be aware and make informed decision.
In my opinion, genetic modification technology is a great improvement for agriculture. Insects and pests cause great financial loss, genetically modification technology deals with this problem directly since it can improve resistance to certain pests. Genetic modification technology can also increase productivity by changing the genes and raising the adaptive ability of the crops, so that they can be grown in formerly inhabitable places. In some countries healthy foods are very scarce and the nutrition is lacking due to different reasons, such as pollution and weather. Genetically modified corps ensures the nutrition of the food. Even though it may cause some unexpected problems, I believe that they should carry out extensive tests on new genetically modified foods before sale in the market so that it can help to eliminate these kinds of problems.
In conclusion, since several consumers still have concerns about this kind of high tech food, it is necessary to label the genetically modified foods that sell in the market. It can protect the consumers and make them have more confidence on the safety of their foods.
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