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Genetically Modified Organisms Ecological Risks

This past Easter Sunday I sat down to dinner with my family, like every Easter I can remember. One of my many cousins, this one is only four, said Grace before we ate. Until this weekend I never noticed exactly what he said. One of the modest lines he spoke went like this: “God is good. God is great. He gave us food for us to eat.” He continued on with his prayer, but I contemplated that line for several days. Recently I had been given the topic to research Genetically Modified Organisms (from now on known as GMO’s), and I had discovered that much of this field contains modifying agricultural practices, or known in agriculture as Genetic Engineering (from now on know as GE). The United States Government and the FDA have been allowing the use of these scientific practices on agricultural products that livestock and even people consume on a daily basis. GMO’s and GE have a profoundly negative effect on nature’s ecosystems, and could possibly be detrimental to society.
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Posted by: William Katz

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