Genetic Engineering
Scientists and researchers have yet again created another genetically modified product. As strange as it may sound, the next GMO food to hit the stores is indeed cabbage altered with scorpion venom. Although many everyday foods we eat are genetically altered such as rice, potatoes, and oils, scorpion cabbage still strikes a few questions. During your stay here, you'll learn a little bit about this creation.
Some of you may not know the basics so without further ado, what are GMOs? GMOs are genetically modified organisms which includes anything that has been genetically engineered with DNA. This is done with animals and plants, which most of the time means food.
So what's the deal with scorpion venom infused cabbage? Of all things why such a seemingly dangerous toxin over regular pesticides? The toxin will be used to fend off against bugs however, these cabbages are designed to infect bugs such as cabbage loving caterpillars.
The cabbage will release a nerve poison taken from it's new scorpion genetic material to paralyze and stop bugs from eating which allows the virus to act. Studies so far have shown that the virus has successfully poisoned over 100 species of butterflies and 75 species of moths.
This technology is most needed in mass cabbage crop production areas.
There are many problems and ethical issues with this GMO. The first thing that comes to mind is whether it is even safe to consume such a thing. Researchers have claimed that it does no harm to humans, however, studies have not been done on live people nor normal cells. They have been done on breast cancer cells. Is that reassuring to us? This GMO study is being done to reduce use of pesticides but if cabbages were to be injected with scorpion venom, it would mean every single cell would contain it.
In my opinion, I am not quite sure if this technology should be used. I don't know whether other articles are just purely against the idea of GMOs or if they are indeed true facts. Personally, I like to wait and see what I find fit to be true.
Do you guys agree or disagree with this change in cabbage? Even though so many of our foods have been modified, do you have a problem specifically with this happening or would this be just like any other food? We are oblivious to many things that happen in the food industry. Does this shed light on what you eat or is this not a surprise?
Written by Joon
http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/gm-cabbage-scorpion-poison-coming-soon
http://www.thesleuthjournal.com/scorpion-poison-used-gmo-cabbage/
It's quite interesting to hear about cabbage being altered through the means of scorpion venom, it’s very unusual and I've learnt many things from the blog post. It isn't a big shocker that many farming products are genetically modified but using venom from a scorpion is something that would appear risky. But since the toxins are modified it shouldn't be a problem to consume considering that if they don't use some sort of chemicals to prevent bugs from destroying the cabbage that can accumulate into financial and environmental loss. In my opinion I believe it is alright to consume this food if it has an advantage elsewhere, but nonetheless there should definitely be more studies done on this. It is true we so consume many foods that are modified but this Scorpion poison cabbage can create quite an ethical discussion and proves that we should be aware of what we are feeding ourselves.
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