GMO stand
for Genetically modified organism, it’s the organism which genome has been
altered artificially. Pests resilient crops, golden rice which synthetizes
beta-carotene or herbicide immune soy are only some examples of GMO’s. Although
they are designed to help humans, lots of people oppose using them as they are
“unnatural”. Below you can watch short video about how GMO works.
What do you
think about GMO?
Do you mind
eating food made from GMO?
Comments
I think nowadays we have to look for more efficient ways of growing crops as population is constantly growing. By genetic modifications we can minimise the use of chemicals for growing crops, maximise the harvest and make growing crops more efficient. Or we can use GMO to combat malnutrition, as we did with golden rice - produced through genetic engineering to biosynthesize beta-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A, in the edible parts of rice. It was intended to produce a fortified food to be grown and consumed in areas with a shortage of dietary vitamin A.
In my opinion we should not fear GMO. Unfortunately advertising products as GMO free, even though they never contained any GM ingredients, is making the situation even worse. Because if the companies are advertising their products as GMO free, that may mean GMO is something bad for our healt. At least this is what the average consumer thinks. I think we should keep moderation in everything, especially that products labeled as "organic" are sometimes not as perfect as we would expect.
There are parts of the world where without help of GMO agriculture would be impossible. There are even plans to do food that includes some drugs so it can be given to poor countries as some kind of help.
Knowing all of this I do not mind eating food with GMO. I'm more worried about food that is highly processed.
The future of the GMO is also sounds great, I believe that we can make our food healthy by modifying plants accordingly.
I even don't check whether the food I eat contains GMO cuz it's useless, to my way of thinking. Poland abides by the standards of the EU but the country where I am from not really
Well it is said that now everyone eat a GMO food so I don't mind eating a food made from GMO.
I believe the biggest problem with GMO food is that huge corporations are investing a lot to hide some facts about it and it's proprietary technology. Because of that they are exploiting the law to earn money by any means.
I dont mind eating GMO my lifespan will probably not allow me to evaluate its potential bad effects on me, food is generally cheaper and more pleasing to eye.One more thing is that we have little to no control over what we actually eat if you eat pre-processed food of any kind.
I don't mind eating GMO food, but if I had two almost identical products in front of me - one genetically modified and another natural, I would definitely go for the second one.
I don't pay attention for GMO when I'm buying food in the shop. I'm eating everything what I want. We should be reasonable and known that we can't die if we eat something made from GMO.
The video is very informative. I liked that it busted many popular myths surrounding GMO. I agree that the anti-GMO movement is often a critique of modern agriculture and the way this business is run.
Indeed, humans have used cross-pollination for thousands of years. However, when it comes to GMO, I find the aspect of the plants' pesticide resistance the most troubling. It leads to gradual homogeneity of crops and, as a consequence, dangerous implications for farming, nature and our nutrition. Unfortunately, without GMO we would not be able to sustain the current world population.
Taking advantage of GMO is great, producing more, healthier, more nutritious food is the way to go.
People are scared of what they don’t fully understand. That’s why I love videos like ones Kurzgesagt makes. That’s an amazing way to spread knowledge.
I of course eat GMO food and i think that our organisms have adapted to it. But maybe not to this level so that every food we eat can be processed and good for us.
I don;t mind at all. Thanks to GMO I can eat food, which is bigger, cheaper, looks nicer and isn't harmful for me. Where is the problem? I don't see one.
For a good example look no further that to people fighting on the side of the axis in WW2. How do you think, how many people disliked Jews strong enough to commit genocide at an unknown before scale, and how many simply followed orders in fear of their own life.
We see the same think today in Poland. How do you think, how many of those 70-year-old ladies will have to actually deal with having an abortion in the future, and how many were simply riled up to express their lack of support, to the point where what happened happened.
The GMO is the future, and with the pull the corporations have in our society, I don't thinks there's much we can do to stop it. But if we could, would we want to? After all barely any crop or vegetable we grow today, has the same form we can find in the wild. Most of them have already been extensively modified throughout the ages of agricultural experiments.
Polish society seems to incline towards the argumentation of opponents of genetically modified organisms. As much as 75 percent Polish people are afraid of GMOs. At the same time, however, they eat such plants in the form of imported food products. Often not even knowing about it. An example of this is soy, whose preparations not only form the basis of vegetarian cuisine. Protein and so-called soy isolates are added to cold meats and bread. It is estimated that a total of 60 percent of food in the world contains soy ingredients, and more than half of them come from transgenic soy.
For me we should work on maximal control under such production, but we should not forget about the proper control process concerning “natural” products.
2. I don’t mind eating GMO food. “Normal” food can be sometimes worse than food made from GMO. We unconsciously eat meat gained from artificially fed animals, we unconsciously buy totally no ecological eggs, vegetables, fruits planted on polluted area. There is no way to avoid danger in this respect. In fact, I have only one conclusion: we should eat much less, even it is better to be hungry for most of the lifetime…