Frankenstein Persuasive Essay

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What do you know about Frankenfood? Some people don’t know what Frankenfood is or even care. Frankenfood is genetically modified foods. What’s the difference between Frankenfood and Frankenstein? Genetically modified food is everywhere in America’s supermarkets and restaurants. Since it’s not labeled, most of us have no idea how much of it we’re eating or how much it’s affecting our health. Genetically Engineered foods or GE are hazardous. These new GE products are unpredictable and could be a threat to humans, animals, and the environment. The technology of Genetic Engineering (GE) is the practice of altering or disrupting the genetic blueprints of living organisms plants, trees, fish, animals, humans, and microorganisms. These gene engineers have made it clear, through their business practices and political lobbying, that they intend to use GE to …show more content…

The gene-altered organisms that are created pass these genetic changes onto their offspring through heredity. Gene engineers all over the world are now snipping, inserting, recombining, rearranging, editing, and programming genetic material. Just like in the novel Frankenstein, how Victor uses a live human from body parts scrounged from graveyards and slaughterhouse. Threats were made to the human health. But there was no evidence whatsoever that anyone has gotten sick. Dr. Nestle says that there are theoretical risks including allergy risks. This GE hormone is injected into dairy cows to force them to produce more milk. Scientists have warned that significantly higher levels of a potent chemical hormone. Insulin like growth factor, in the milk and dairy products of rBGH injected cows, could pose serious hazards such as human breast, prostate, and colon cancer.Scientists can’t measure the impact of GMOs on human health when no one knows which foods contain GMOs and which

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