Introduction:
Genetically modified foods(GM foods) are produced by using the methods of genetic engineering. They are one of today’s most controversial biotechnology topic. Also, they are commonly has became popular on today’s marketplace In the USA, they take a large number especially in grains and legumes. For example, there are 93 percent of soybeans and 70 percent of corn grown in the United States. That means we are probably eating GM foods regularly. Even though they are cheaper, pest and drought resistant, and more nutritive. However, they also raise the concern about the potential environmental hazards and safety of the GM foods. Are they helpful or harmful? Should we really need to eat GM foods? My paper is to explore the the advantages and disadvantages of the GM foods, also discuss the impact human health and the environment.
Rationale:
In dairy life, genetically engineered foods are found anywhere. However, I find that many GM foods are not labeled. In other words, I do not know what I am eating because labeling is prohibited. Are genetically engineered foods really safe and can I eat them without any concern? These questions exist in my brain again and again. I believe that there are many people like me stay unknown. I want to find the answers for my question, also to inform the people about the hazards of consuming GM foods.
Research Plan:
I already know that GM foods saturate our diet today, such as soybeans, rice, and sweet potato corn so on. Compare to the traditional foods, the GM foods improve nutrition, quality and taste. GM foods have stronger resistance to disease, cold,drought. Also, they may feed growing world population and tend to solve world hunger. However, the fact shows that their affects on health tend to be risky and exist highly unpredictable danger. The most common reaction to GM foods is food allergy. There are potentially large risks to the environment and human health. I still need to learn that what other kind of health problems they cause, how they effect the biodiveisity and the functioning of ecosystem . Also, I need to know how the government treat or regulate the GM foods and if there are possible designed programs can help mitigate risks.
Implications:
Even though genetic engineering or transgenic technology gets great achievements in many application such as food production, they have negative effects on human health which the public can not ignore. In fact, today, consumers eat these GM foods without knowing the potential health risks. In other words, the more of these foods we eat, the greater the potential harm to our health. . Acknowledging the potential hazards of the GM foods keeps us from harm and help us make the correct choice. In addition, it remind us to proceed them with caution.
Sources:
Whitman, Deborah B. 2000. “Genetically modified Foods: Harmful or Helpful?” （http://www.csa.com/discoveryguides/gmfood/overview.php）
Verma, Charu etc. “A Review on Impacts of Genetically Modified Food on Human Health” The Open Nutraceuticals Journal, 2011, 4, 3-11
WRT 102.22: Science & Society 
I am wondering if it has such serious negative effects, why the government that related to the food health would allow GM food to be on market and grow in such large scale. I mean food is not like other issue, it has direct influence on health-being. I believe the government has also considered about that before putting them on market.
this topic is very interesting and does make one think about this. A question i have is that if there are any causes of people being affected by the generically modified foods? If so what were their symptoms and what happened to that person?
I too am also quite interested in the state of how we get our nutrition from the foods produced in the United States, especially since it has been said that many farms, who supposedly produce the freshest fruits and vegetables also dose their products with chemicals as well- either in the air or in the soil that support the plant life on said farm. In some cases, one could say it helps, as you have pointed, but then again you have to consider the malevolent ways in which it affects those that are being fed these chemicals, like the people in 3rd world countries who are consuming a lot of food donated by the United states. This topic particularly raised the question of whether or not the country should actually stop producing these foods as well as could they even stop producing them if they wanted to at this stage? Considering the ways in which the soil has been coated in these chemicals, I assume it would take years before the chemicals were removed completely from the atmosphere to then produce actually fresh food. :