GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS _____________________ A Position Paper Presented to Mr. Jesse R. Songcayawon, Ph. D. History Department Adventist University of the Philippines _____________________ In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Course General Philosophy _____________________ By Krishnalyn Precious Jewel Castro Rosedelle Colot Jedd Fabroa Dean Carlo Fajilan Joan Mary Hidalgo Julius Anthony Hiphip Myrtle Magalang Mark Anthony Mayorga Ruiz, Mike I. INTRODUCTION
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from one plant or animal and adding it to another plant or animal. Monsanto is one of the large producers of GMO seeds. Monsanto offers farmers a wide range of GMO corn, soybean, cotton, wheat, canola, sorghum and sugar cane seeds. Theses seeds have been genetically altered to produce a pesticide, yields more per seed, and withstand harsher weather conditions. Some of these plants are now, what is called, roundup ready (Monsanto). Roundup ready plants can be sprayed with roundup and not be effected
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Works Cited 2012 Annual Report. (2012, August 31). Retrieved November 11, 2013, from Monsanto Investors Website: http://www.monsanto.com/investors/Pages/annual-report.aspx 2013 Annual Report. (2013, August 31). Retrieved December 14, 2013, from Monsanto Investors Website: http://www.monsanto.com/investors/Pages/annual-report.aspx Amari, R. (2013, June). Pesticide Manufacturing in the US - 32532. Retrieved from IBISWorld Industry Report: http://www.ibisworld.com/ CGIAR (2012). Drought-Tolerant
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Foods; Choosing Organic Choose the Best Farmers are the main source of food production within the US, as the country’s population begins to grow; a concern arises. Will the farmers be able to produce enough food to feed all the mouths? According to Monsanto (producer of genetically modified seeds) and biotech food scientists’ the answer is no. As scientist research and move genes from one organism to another, they develop GMOs. The resulted product, GMO seed, are being introduced to farmers as a crop
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their own insecticides. GMOs were originally developed with the goal to end world hunger until 1985 when a law was created giving developers the right to patent life. Big companies like Monsanto have taken full advantage of this law and have taken the agricultural business to a whole new money making level. Monsanto sells its patented genetically engineered Roundup Ready seeds, seeds that can withstand large quantities of Roundup, to farmers under a contract that prohibits the farmers from saving the
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corporate bosses five months ago to take people in from welfare and trained them. One of the main contributors of the project is a chief executive officer of the Monsanto Ca., the nation's fourth largest chemical maker. Clinton singled out the Monsanto company and other companies for helping out welfare workers. Monsanto has hired five recipient and found almost twenty more jobs for others. Under the new laws of the welfare reforms, the able body workers should work within the two years of recieving
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January 15, 2012 BUS_240_N Case 1 pg.302 1. Does Monsanto maintain an ethical culture that can effectively respond to various stakeholders? I believe that overall Monsanto has tried to maintain a good ethical culture to their different stakeholders. I say this because even with all the issues they went through, and still going through, they have took blame and fixed it the best way possible. For example, when word got out about Monsanto dumping toxic waste into a creek they took all the blame
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Andres de la Rosa Ms. Stone ENGL 101/M18 31 July 2014 Food of the Future When was the last time that you checked how your food was produced? Are you sure that everything that is offered in supermarkets won’t harm your health? Food Industries can do terrible things to generate profit. For example, advertising junk food, causing health issues, and raising food prices. However, the most atrocious thing that foods industries are doing today is the implementation of genetically modified organism
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Linda Covarrubias Elaina Westegaard ENG-123-X1530 17 November 2015 How Are GMOs Affecting the Environment and Our Health? Food has been one of the basic needs since the birth of a person. History shows that the production of food only consisted of hunting, harvesting, and farming. During these times, it usually took a long time before these foods arrived at the dining tables of families. However, today, technology has allowed the mass production of food. Unfortunately, the market has taken advantage
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Essay Outline Question: Is it ethical for a company to produce genetically modified crops (or animals)? Introduction * Define GMO * Thesis Statement (Attention Getter- Personally against use of genetically modified crops not solely based on facts, but on personal morals) * Purpose of Research Paper (Why should we be playing god, creating and using such pesticides to kill off natures insects/animals, but still find it acceptable to put it into a human body) Ethical Issues (Ethical
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