Shoulg GMO be banned (especially when it is related to food)? (GMO=Genetically Modified Organism)?

Question

I need your opinions on this...Please support your argument...

Answer 1

Human beings have been modifying organisms and their environment since we started to breed domestic dogs and cats, literally thousands of years ago.

We have selected strains of fruits, flowers and vegetables for "desireable" traits - flavour, colour, size, pest resistance, etc for hundreds of years.

Almost all of the produce in the supermarket is "genetically modified" - the only difference is that is has been done by cross-breeding and hybridization rather than "direct" genetic manipulation.

So, what's the difference? Well, I suppose you can't easily interbreed a mouse and a sunflower under normal circumstances - direct genetic modification OTOH can allow this sort of "transgenic" modification. Does that make it worse - I personally don't think so. To me this is just one more step in humans using available tools to manipulate their environment to their benefit.

SO, should GMO foods be banned - "no". There is no proof that they are detrimental to either ourselves or nature as a whole and we have been making the same decisions by different means for thousands of years anyway.

Answer 2

I believe it is too early to make this decision.

At best we can say: It is good for Humanity to investigate the potential of GMOs, both as being helpful and as being harmful.

Just because people have their own subjective worries, that is no reason to abandon Basic Research in a field that has the potential for doing GREAT things for Society.

As long as we invest as much focus on developing Policies as well as Products concerning GMOs, we should be able to move forward in this field, deciding along the way as to what Recombinant Methodolgies and/or Products are "good" and which are "bad."

This applies not just for GMOs but for anything (i.e. invading a 3rd world country to establish Democracy, which we subjectively believe to be the "best" governing structure)

Answer 3

Yes GMO should be banned especially when it relates to food.

Basically GMO does sort out very little problems at a very high direct cost.

Ecological damage may be tremendous.

Answer 4

i'm adversarial. We were doing merely high quality without splicing fish genes into our corn and different veg's. GMO's spoil the soil to boot. besides, there is plenty i ought to assert about GM ingredients, yet ppl can merely seem it up and browse for themselves. Monsanto should be embarrassed about what they did in India.

Answer 5

NO IT YET HASN'T CAUSED ANY DAMAGE & LOOK AT THE BENEFITS.