One topic that particularly caught my attention and has
since stuck with me after learning more through this class was GMO’s and
everything that goes along with this topic. The reason that this topic has
stuck in my mind more then any of the others is that fact that I learned all
along I was wrong, I was judging GMO’s based on what I had heard from friends,
family or just seen on television. What I knew about GMO’s before taking this
class was next to nothing all I knew or thought I knew was the topic of GMO’s
had a negative shadow riding over it.. Through the discussions, debates and
poster projects I was able to see the good and the bad side of GMO’s presented
in an unbiased fashion. This class did point out some of the pretty huge
negatives regarding GMO’s that I had not been aware of before but it also
introduced me to a monumental contribution GMO’s brings to the table, the usage
of GMO’s for medicinal purposes.
As I have
stated before, my sister has had diabetes nearly her entire life. It is through
the usage of GMO’s that they are able to create and extract the insulin that
she uses on a daily basis to regulate her blood sugar. I think that this is
important, that something that I has left a bad taste in my mouth for my whole
life can be attributed to saving the
lives of people with Diabetes, including my sister.
This topic got me so interested into doing my research that
I recently called my sisters boyfriend, a physician and asked him a couple
questions regarding the topic. He went into so much detail that I had to cut
him short, now I know all I need to know regarding GMO’s. Now when people start
up a discussion regarding GMO’s I am able to talk about the pros and the cons while forming my own opinions instead of what the mob might think.
I agree with you. Without insulin millions of people will suffer through out the world. GMOs have both negatives and positives, just like everything else. One of the great GMOs is the Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA). This GMO has also saved many lives. The TPA is given for patients who go in with confirmed stroke symptoms. It moves so fast in the blood and dissolves any clots. Therefor, we cannot claim that GMOs are completely bad.
ReplyDeleteNikki, I think the same thing. Although there are cons to the GMO business, especially in agriculture, there are actually a lot of great things about it, too. I think the problem is that we're only ever exposed to a very small part of the GMO process- the process that has to do with agriculture and the process that causes problems. There are a lot of flaws with GMOs right now, but I think with time we'll work out corporate monopolies and possibly dangerous manifestations of crops, and we'll be left with fruitful agriculture, as well as innovative solutions to human diseases and disabilities. It's great that there has been exposure to all sides of this issue in class and that cons and pros have been presented so the privilege and responsibility of choice lies with the human individual instead of with the mob.
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