The beginning of genetic engineering opened doors that we would never imaged come be opened. The first time genetic engineering techniques were applied was in 1970. Ever since then humans now have the power to destroy something from the inside as well as the outside. The numbers of doors are endlessness. Having control of genetics means you can make a slow growing plant fast or make a cow give more milk. With something this big wouldn’t you think the government should inform the public? Well they don’t. Most of genetic engineering is under military use which limits the informant we obtain. In 1970 (well it all began) leaders of biomedical research had an encounter to discuss the social and ethical issues. As strikes being formed genetic engineers died down but they were soon working for the National Institutes of Heath in 1976. Controversy popped up every where. As smart as the scientist are they were able to find loopholes to get around this. Some scientists adamantly believe that genetic engineer will do well. The scientists said that thanks to genetic engineering we have made a vaccine for hepatitis B, and that in the future we might find a cure for AIDS or malaria.
In 1994 the genetically engineered tomatoes so they can be on the selves for a long period of time. This of course made the headlines. Should we genetically modify our food? In some cases it can help, for example they sprayed cotton with something called herbicides which alters the cotton’s DNA so that is can be resistant to bromoxynil. They sprayed millions of acres with that. But there is a downside to this. Herbicides have toxics that mess with the plants and animals. It also contaminates water supplies and destroys wildlife habitats. So as you can tell genetic engineering has its ups and downs just like everything else. One can learn from the past so we won’t make that mistake again.
McMillan, Faith. "Ethics of Genetic Engineering." Newspaper Source Plus. 1999.
4 comments:
I'm very interested in genetically modified foods and their effects on health-- human and environmental health. Make sure you read through and edit-- I think if you read each line aloud separately you'll catch your own errors. Don't forget to have two vocab words as well.
that is so cool. i would like to do genetic engineering for a living. alright then late
Interesting topic considering it applies a lot to our future. Good information, I never knew the government tried to keep it a secret and that we were modifying food.
Your topic seems very interesting. What I dont understand is why would the government try to keep us from knowing this? I personaly don't think there is anything wrong with eating genetically modified food.
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