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A 6 page assessment of the potential negative impacts of genetic engineering as it is applied towards food crops. The author contends our production of genetically engineered crops will ultimately impact not just our population but the world population as a whole. Furthermore, this production has a high likelihood of ultimately causing pollution, endangering animals, and resulting in the extinction of certain plants and crops. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Genetic engineering of food crops introduces a number of concerns not just to human safety and welfare but to the
safety and welfare of all of the worlds living organisms. The practice encompasses many ethical, economic, and philosophical considerations. These considerations are particularly important in the U.S. since
it is here where the main focus on genetic engineering is occurring. Genetic engineering, after all, entails the:
"altering or disrupting the genetic blueprints of living organisms-including plants, animals, microorganisms, and humans" (Cummins, 2004, p. 18).
It might reasonably be contended, in fact, that our production of genetically engineered crops will ultimately impact not just our population
but the world population as a whole. Furthermore, this production has a high likelihood of ultimately causing pollution, endangering animals, and resulting in the extinction of certain plants and
crops. The U.S. focus on genetic engineering has been in response to our growing population and our shrinking agricultural resources.
The world as a whole in fact mirrored those problems. Our focus on genetic engineering was justified as a means of optimizing food production while utilizing less resources.
Early proponents of genetic engineering were eager to point out that an animal feed could be made with genetically engineered corn which would contain more oil, a higher protein soybean
was possible and plants could be developed which produced their own internal pesticide. Such developments promised higher yields, shorter growing times and less need to apply harmful pesticides.
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