Should Genetically Modified Foods be Banned?

This is my paper, I want you to finish it and provide the in-text citations and include a reference list. Add a second body paragraph, a counter argument and refutation, and add to the introduction and conclusion to include all elements. If the total exceeds 1100 words notify me and I will pay the difference. Thanks. Outline: - Introduction - Working Thesis Statement: Genetically modified foods should be banned because of their unknown effects on human health and because they are environmentally hazardous. - Background Paragraph - Topic Sentence: Genetically modified foods have evident effect on human health including effects related to food allergy and toxicity. - Topic Sentence: The process of altering the DNA of food greatly affects the environment greatly in a hazardous way. These effects include unintended harm to untargeted organisms and the increase of resistant pests. - Counter argument and refutation - Conclusion Introduction: According to a report released by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications, nearly 300 millions acres in 23 countries are planted with genetically modified crops. There has been great debate over the morality and safety of the experimentation and consumption of genetically modified foods. There are many disadvantages of genetically modified foods that call for an immediate ban. Some of these disadvantages are that they have unknown effects on human health and that they are environmentally hazardous. Background: Genetically modified (GM) food refers to food whose DNA structure has been altered, and by altering the DNA the quality and characteristics of a given food (organism) change. The first commercially grown genetically modified food crop was a tomato created by California Company in the early 1990s. Called the FlavrSavr, it was genetically altered so that it took longer to decompose after being picked. The U.S. accounts for about two-thirds of all GM crops planted in the world. According to the ISAAA (International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications), as of 2008 there were 25 countries planting ‘biotech' crops. Since the emergence of GM crops, the total accumulated acreage since 2008 was 2 billion. Today, there is a debate over whether genetically modified foods should be banned or not. People who campaign for genetically modified foods believe that genetically modified foods can help solve the food crisis around the world, and that all the fear of genetically modified foods is created by the media and has no scientific evidence. People against genetically modified foods believe that not only are the risks and dangers of genetically modified foods on human health not fully researched and are almost unknown, but also there are inevitable environmental hazards that can result from the process of altering the genetic structure of foods. BP1: Genetically modified foods have evident effect on human health. This effect is related to food allergy, toxicity, and decreased nutritional value. Allergic reactions happen in humans when a usually harmless protein finds its way into the body and triggers an immune response (Bernstein , 2003). If the new protein in a genetically modified food is from a source that causes allergies in humans or a source that has never consumed any food from before, the concern lies in the increase of the chances that a protein could stimulate an immune response in humans increases. For example, Genetically modified peas caused immune responses in mice, which means that they may also create dangerous allergic reactions in humans. The peas had been inserted with a gene from kidney beans, which creates a protein that acts as a pesticide. As for toxicity, there is a growing worry that introducing foreign genes into food plants may create an unexpected and dangerous impact on human health. An article published in Lancet addressed the effects of genetically modified potatoes on the digestive tract in rats. The study observed there major differences in the intestines of rats that were fed genetically modified potatoes and rats that were fed unmodified potatoes. The gene that was added to the potatoes was a snowdrop flower lectin, a substance known to be toxic to mammals. According to Probiotic expert S.K. Dash, consuming just one portion of genetically modified foods has proven to alter the genetic structure of our healthy bacteria. In fact, some genetically modified foods might be changing the healthy bacteria in our system so that they'll now start generating strong pesticides in our digestive tract for good. He adds that genetically modified foods may also be altering our healthy bacteria on a genetic level, so they\\\'ll continually produce foreign proteins inside our bodies, and because our ever-working DNA runs on proteins, t the introduction of foreign proteins into the mix can be the source of all sorts of serious and unpredictable problems. He also says that evidence from the only human genetically modified feeding experiment ever published indicates that it\\\'s possible that genetically modified foods have taken our once-healthy bacteria that are designed to protect us - and turned them into a major toxicity source. BP2: Refutation: Conclusion: In conclusion, the risks of genetically modified foods on humans and the environment; both the documented ones and the potential ones are very bad and they surpass the potential benefits if any exist.