Should GMO foods be allowed?

Kelly D.
October 8, 2014
Period 1

            GMO foods should not be allowed due to the many harmful effects it has on the US population. First of all, GMO foods have been discovered to downgrade our health and affect our bodies in terrible ways. According to the video, "Seeds of Death", an experiment was performed on pigs where one group was fed non-GMO foods and the other was fed GMO foods. After observing each group's organs, the GMO group had severe inflammation on their stomach lining which caused them to die off faster and the non-GMO group had no inflammation at all. Many parents have children whose bodies develops an allergic reaction to the GMO food in their bloodstream which could result in death. GMO foods have also recently been discovered to be the causes of stomach diseases along with many other types. That shows us how deadly GMO foods can be to our bodies and we, humans, should put our greatest efforts toward eliminating GMO foods. Secondly, GMO foods such as plants are fed to animals resulting in them becoming nutrient-deficient and following that, humans consuming those animals become nutrient-deficient. So, the cycle goes on and on and slowly kills off the US population. Not only in the US, but in other parts of the world, this cycle is occurring repetitively and affecting humans gravely, For example, in Africa, one farmer began feeding his livestock GMO foods and they began dying quickly suspiciously. Indeed, it was the GMO food he fed them that was making them die. This detrimental effect GMO foods has on the world is not a good thing for us and people should be encouraged to ban GMO foods. We should also lean more towards a non-GMO diet. Lastly, GMO foods eaten by pregnant women affected their unborn children. This has a serious effect on our future generations and if GMO foods continue to be allowed, this will decrease the amount of healthy infants in the US. It has been said that toxic pesticides in these GMO foods were found in many unborn children. These toxic pesticides will probably have a large impact on these newborns. In addition, many infant formulas are made from cows injected with GMO. Before you say yes to allowing GMO Foods, imagine the consequence of this, what would happen to our future generations and what can WE do to help them? Say NO to  GMO foods!