Blog – reflect on the biotech food debate we have looked at. Pick a side.
I think that the only scientifically logical side to pick in this debate is the side that is pro-biotech foods. Biotech foods in addition to being a practical way to produce more food per acre, they have been tried and tested again and again and no harmful side effects have been found. The people who oppose biotech foods think that they will be bad for people consuming them, saying that humans should not mess with nature. (Incidentally the only reason why we have any crops in the first place is thousands of years of breeding different plants together (or messing with nature whatever you prefer) to get things with traits we have wanted, and that has not created problems.) Many of the anti-biotech people say that there has not been enough testing. However there has been enough research. The propagating of fear, which is not based in fact, is fear mongering. Which is why I side with the people who are pro biotech.
1 comment:
Chris,
I don't agree with you about how much research has been completed about biotech foods and how they have no side effects. If you look on the internet there are two sides to the story. One saying that there are no harmful side effects, and the other saying that there are. We really haven't scientifically proved whether or not biotech foods are harmful to our body. So I think that we can't come to any conclusion until there this has been scientifically proved.
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