David Schipmann
Mrs. Greenwood
October 1 2017
Advanced ag
Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology is a new idea for the food industry. Nanotechnology is the science, engineering, and technology conducted at the nanoscale which is 1 to 100 nanometer so very small. The knowledge of this revolutionary technology is so low it's sad. Many believe that Nanotechnology should be avoided till we fully understand it, but we should be using it to help us to know it's effects and uses. The biggest issue of Nanotechnology is its entry into the human body. With the size of this technology it's very easy to enter the body. You could have these enter through digestion, inhalation, or even skin absorption. Scientist believe these nano devices and particles may enter
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Nanotechnology could boost crop yields. This is a goal more for undeveloped countries, but will still do the developed and growing countries good. Not only can they help with yield but also could help in the efforts of increasing pesticides and fertilizer effectiveness. There is also the use in animal husbandry. One major benefits would be the benefits of food with Nanotechnology by genetic manipulation creating a better nutrition delivery. Nanotechnology will be the driving force of food industries in sustainability and protection. New technologies like nanoformulations for fertilizers and pesticides have been developed to increase effectiveness. Nanosensor that help to detect diseases and residue identification on crop for protection. Also nanotech to genetically modify food to help with nutrients and health factors. Not only those technologies but there is also attempts to help with post harvest management, animal health, breeding, and poultry production. The nanotech industry seems to have the ability to cover all of food …show more content…
Many foods today have caused digestive corrosion. These foods cause issues from oral cavities to the colon and in many different environments. Many factors affect the absorption of nutrients. Extracting nutrients is super important. Rapid technology growth in nanotech has created new techniques for this problem. Nanostructures enhance food quality detection. They do this through electron microscopy and force microscopy to reveal nature of the food structure to tell off it is a quality food product and its nutrient content. Not only has nanotech reached quality, but has also made a way to detect spoilage sooner. These devices called Nanosensor have created a way to be a “nose” and “tongue” of sorts in packing of food to detect chemicals released in the spoilage of food. Nanotechnology will help to change food
Amandi Hiyare: Before forming my research question, I had a discussion with my research project coordinator “Lisa Pope” who told me that the Flinders nanotechnology research team has been developing microbial catheters. Then on Monday I had an interview with Professor Joe Shapter who told me that your team was leading this project. So I was wondering whether you would be able to provide me with some detailed information about this innovation?
Because of the increase in population, products need to be manufactured in a faster and more efficient way, and with genetically modified foods, the food is larger in size and quicker to harvest. Another advantage of GM foods is that it uses less fertilizer and less water and is more resistant to insects, diseases, frost, and drought. Consumers would not want to eat food that has been treated with pesticides because of possible health hazards and growing GM foods can help eliminate the use of chemical pesticides. Plants that are genetically engineered to resist strong herbicide will help prevent environmental damage by reducing the amount of herbicides needed. This will benefit both the companies and the environment because the production cost is reduced and the danger of agricultural waste run-off is limited. As more land is being used for housing instead of food production, crops need to adapt to locations unsuited
Genetically modified foods affect humans’ health by weakening the immunologic system, giving rise to degenerative diseases and causing the appearance of new viruses. Transgenic food alters the immune system occasioning an increment on the tolerance of virus. GMO make the immune system to lose it capacity of recognizing dangerous substances. In addition, the weakening of the immune system decreases the number of white blood cells in the body, increasing the possibilities to develop autoimmune diseases. In addition, people are prone to acquire degenerative diseases when they eat genetically engineered foods. The food that has been altered includes modified DNA, which is assimilated by the body, causing prejudicial tumors or malformations that can be transmitted to the next generations. Similarly, experimentation with GM Food will facilitate the appearance of new viruses. Viruses are organisms that can evolve being immune to the antidotes or crossbreed with others viruses that cannot be counteracted. Therefore, increase of virus tolerance, acquisition of degenerativ...
Genetically modified foods can have many positive effects on the world. We can use fewer pesticides by inserting a pest resistant gene into the gene of plants. Farmers use many pesticides over and over to keep the insects from eating their crops. This is usually a high costing process and time consuming. When the plants receive water the excess water runs into another source of water and when that happens it picks up the chemicals that the pesticide had left on the soil. By injecting a gene into a crop to make it resistant to the pesticide we can use fewer pesticides and clean up the contamination that they cause, we can save money, and we can also harvest more crops. Weed killers is also a problem but there reason and solution is the same thing as the pesticides. Another positive is that you can protect plants from diseases. Many fungi, viruses, bacteria can cause a plant to die. Genetically we can modify a plant so that if a plant became intertwined with a virus it could still survive, and when you can protect the plant you will increase your chances for a healthy harvest. Another way to increase your food supply is to take a gene that can help a plant survive cold weather, drought or salinity tolerance. When you have a frost many plants die from being in the cold, or when you have a drought. So again we have another reason to save money and crops from being wasted. For many places when you have a bad harvest the price of the fo...
Over a period the human body can develop a series of sicknesses when it intakes an excessive amount of artificial food, these sicknesses may include cancer, ADHD, and obesity. The human body is made to digest Earths natural nutrients, either if its meat, grains, herbs or crops. The question is ‘do we really want to know what we are consuming? Over the years, many scientists toiled in labs trying to figure out what chemically engineered products we would like best, either if it is from the taste, scent, texture, or appearance. Businesses care more about the wealth of the product than about our planet's well being. The scientists load up the product with a preferred amount of salt, sugar, and/or fat, just so the consumer will purchase the item. The dyes in food alone are so unnatural that they could cause serious complications in children.
When discussing agriculture, he declares an extreme saying that food scarcity is a “benign trend” (Simon 24). This nanotechnology will be placed in the soil to act as receptors to relay information to farmers about the soil, such as pH levels, water levels, nutrition balances, etc. Thus, allowing farmers to never over or under water their crops. This will then lead to close to 100% efficiency in water usage, as no water will be wasted.
According to scientists, genetically engineering crops contributes to their quality. Crops that have been genetically modified to have a particular trait can decrease the amount of herbicides needed for growing that crop. Additionally, genetically modified (GM) crops can help third world countries, where malnutrition is common. For example, to help diminish nutrient deficiencies in developing countries, “plans were underway to develop a golden rice that also has increased iron content”(Whitman 2). In addition, GM crops can be modified to be able to “withstand the environmental challenges of drought, disease, and insect infestation” (Swenson 1). Growing GM crops can also result in fruits and vegetables that stay fresh for a prolonged period of time and taste better.
The production costs could be brought down and the quality, taste, appearance of a product could be maximized. It has been estimated that the food production output should be increased by 70-80 percent in the coming 30 years to match the ever increasing food demand. To the third world countries these genetically modified crops would be very beneficial. The plants could be injected with the insect repelling genes. Crops grown this way will never run out of stock and as per the different geographical needs they can be manipulated. This would enhance the plants resistance capability towards herbicides, chemicals, drought, salinity and diseases. The main aim is to increase the plants growth, productivity, nutritive value and to avoid leeching of soil. That would mean growing food that wouldn’t spoil fast, accessible to all as the cost is low and using no pesticides as the plants grown are genetically
Genetically modified organisms can be plants or animals that have been genetically altered to produce or express a desired characteristic or trait. By genetically altering organisms such as crops, we can eliminate the use of pesticides by making the crops resistant to insects. We can also produce crops that are resistant to floods and droughts. Furthermore, with the use of molecular genetics, we are able to produce foods that are rich in nutrients and supplements. People in developing countries may not be fortunate enough to have a full course meal that contains nutrients from all four basic food groups. However, GMOs can with a little modification provide all the amino acids, vitamins, and minerals included in a good diet by simply consuming a genetically modified staple crop such as rice. In addition, by producing crops that are resistant to harsh environmental conditions as well as pests, we would see a rapid increase in the production of food thereby reducing and or!
Food safety is an increasingly important public health issue. Governments all over the world are intensifying their efforts to improve food safety. Food borne illnesses are diseases, usually either infectious or toxic in nature, caused by agents that enter the body through the ingestion of food. “In industrialized countries, the percentage of people suffering from food borne diseases each year has been reported to be up to 30%. In the United States of America, for example, around 76 million cases of food borne diseases, resulting in 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths, are estimated to occur each year.” (Geneva 2)
The current use of technology for GMOs is very useful. Less pesticide is needed to be used for insect pest resistant plants. Technology cuts down on the time it takes to grow a crop. Technology can produce more food for less work and less money. “GM crops are frequently perceived as a ‘technological fix’, proposed by those who fail to address the underlying causes of hunger and poverty, which really require economic, political and social change” (Nuffield Bioethics 29).
...esity is becoming an epidemic, nanotechnology could be used to create foods which are low in fat, salt and sugar but are still nutritionally dense and taste great. Food is naturally nanostructured material – simply boiling an egg causes many changes; the proteins in the egg white change shape and tangle together to form a solid. We now have the opportunity to study what exactly happens in these nanoscale changes. Nanotechnology gives us many ways to ensure our food is safe and waste is cut down. However, there are many concerns that this form of processing is another way to put more power into the hands of large food companies- yet food has never been safer than it is today largely due to the strict hygiene and sanitation practices these companies follow. As the population continues to grow – so too will the importance of new food technologies like nanotechnology.
Nanotechnology includes nanorobots which are so small that they can be injected into the human bloodstream after which the nanorobots can do investigations or repair at cellular level. Nanorobots could optimize the delivery of pharmaceutical products, these means that medicines which are targeted on a specific type of cells can be delivered to only those cells by the nanorobots. The robots can attach to the cells after which they can inject the drug into the target cells. This could be a great breakthrough for cancer treatments such as chemotherapy because there is a minimal chance of injecting healthy cells with the drug and therefor negative side effects can be avoided.
New opportunities and challenges of human health are presented by the application of biotechnology to food. Biotechnology helps improve the quality and nutrition of foods consumed by people,this helps their health. Foods produced through biotechnology has been around for more than 15 years but people are still debating about how safe the food is. Biotechnology still have to plays its role by increasing agricultural productivity,especially in light of climate change. I believe that biotechnology is still going to help better th nutritional value of food. It can also assist farmers to increase their productivity so that they can feed their families and many people across the globe. The whole world should be using the food biotechnology because it has the ability to change the world,it can be to end world hunger .
How did technology affect us? Did it affect us in a positive or a negative way? Technology has both positive and negative effects, it’s plainly about how people choose to use it. Throughout these years, technology has been a great advancement for our country and it helped us develop in many ways that we can’t even count.