GMO GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS SCIENCE PROJECT SALLY YAFAWI 7 A INTRODUCTION A GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM (GMO) IS AN ORGANISM WHOSE DNA HAS BEEN MODIFIED IN THE LABORATORY IN ORDER TO FAVOUR THE EXPRESSION OF DESIRED PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAITS OR THE PRODUCTION OF DESIRED BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS. QUESTIONS • CAN GMO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT? • YES, GMOS REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PESTICIDES THAT NEED TO BE SPRAYED, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF CROPS AVAILABLE TO BE EATEN AND SOLD. • WHAT WAS THE FIRST GMO MADE? • THE FIRST GMO PRODUCE CREATED THROUGH GENETIC ENGINEERING A GMO TOMATO BECOMES AVAILABLE FOR SALE AFTER STUDIES, IN 1994 PICTURE OF GMO • CORN IS THE MOST COMMONLY GROWN CROP IN THE UNITED STATES, AND MOST OF IT IS GMO. MOST GMO CORN IS CREATED TO RESIST INSECT PESTS OR TOLERATE HERBICIDES. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF GMOS • GMO FOODS ARE DESIGNED TO BE HEALTHIER AND CHEAPER TO PRODUCE. ADVANTAGES OF GMO FOODS INCLUDE ADDED NUTRIENTS, FEWER PESTICIDES, AND CHEAPER PRICES. DISADVANTAGES OF GMO FOODS CAN BE ALLERGIC REACTIONS OR INCREASED ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE. OPINION IN MY OPINION, WE SHOULD INCREASE THE GMOS BECAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE GMO CROPS GROWN TODAY WERE DEVELOPED TO HELP FARMERS PREVENT CROP AND FOOD LOSS AND CONTROL WEEDS SUMMARY GMO HELPED US IN OUR LIFE BUT AS ANY NEW TECHNOLOGY IT HAS ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTEGES THAT WE HAVE TO BALANCE BETWEEN TO GET THE MOST BENEFIT.
