Do you agree with using genetically engineered products in the food supply? explain your response.

Using gmo's in our crops can be beneficial. gmo's are used to enlarge crops, and them grow in conditions normal crops would not survive in. doing this ensures having crops year-round that would typically only be available at certain times of the year. being able to mass produce crops to relieve some of the world hunger problems by no longer having food shortages, gmo's crops to grow faster, bigger, and with not having to use pesticides.

No,  gm seeds and foods can cause risks of toxins that have never been there before. this can cause death of many people, and, once the mutant genes are out of the bag, there is no going back. genetically modified organisms contaminate existing seeds with their altered material, passing on modified traits to non-target species. this creates a new strain of plant that was never intended in the laboratory. in north dakota, recent studies show that 80% of wild canola plants tested contained at least one transgene. in japan, a modified bacteria created a new amino acid not found in nature; it was used in protein drinks and before it was recalled it cause severe mental and metabolic damage to hundreds as well as several deaths. japan banned gmos after this horrific experience. monarch butterflies have also died after their favorite food, milkweed, was cross-pollinated from bt corn which rendered it toxic to the endangered species. 
gmos are not the answer for global food security. genetically engineered crops have shown no increase in yield and no decrease in pesticide use. in many cases other farm technology has proven much more successful, and even monsanto agrees that its genetically engineered crops yield less than conventional farming. 
genetically engineered foods have not been proven to be safe, but the few studies conducted don’t look so hot. the organs of rats who ate genetically modified potatoes showed signs of chronic wasting, and female rates fed a diet of herbicide-resistant soybeans gave birth to stunted and sterile pups. 
big biotech firms have very sketchy track records, but then again what would you expect from organizations who want to patent the world’s food supply? these massive biotech companies have a history of toxic contamination, deceiving the public and suing small farmers when their patented seeds blew across the fence. biotech firms sell sterile seeds to african farmers- meaning the seeds are only good for one season, because the plants that grow up will not be able to reproduce. farmers must buy new seeds every year instead of growing from the previous year’s yield. gmos are not the farmers’ friend. 
gmos require massive amounts of pesticides, herbicides and fungicides. these things are poisons, and should not be eaten or allowed to run off into our water supply. but they are, every day, by companies who care far more about the bottom line than they do about your health, your environment or your children’s future. 

the bottom line is that genetically modified organisms have not been proven in any way to be safe, and most of the studies are actually leaning the other direction, which is why many of the world’s countries have banned these items whose dna has been genetically engineered. in america, they aren’t even labeled, much less banned, so the majority of the populace has no idea that they are eating lab-created dna on a daily basis.