Taking a brief break from all this election stuff, I was referred to an interesting article that has something to do with everyone's favorite drink--milk! To sum it up, the FDA said that the meat and milk from certain cloned animals are healthy to eat and drink. That is,Food products from juvenile and adult cattle, goats and pigs are "virtually indistinguishable" from their noncloned counterparts and their consumption poses no additional risk, says the FDA.I'm sure that many of us eat the meats that come from these animals, and that many of us "used to" drink milk on a daily basis. How do you guys feel about eating and drinking from cloned animals? Is there really a problem here? Also, what do you guys think about the ethics of cloning in general? Is it right or wrong? YOU BE THE JUDGE.
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My opinion is that there IS a problem with eating products from cloned organisms...the main problem being we don't know the long-term effects of eating these items because they haven't been around long enough to truly see if there are any serious problems. I think the FDA was too hasty in giving cloned animal products a green light and I am not too comfortable with the fact that these items won't even have labels. That just seems wrong to me--consumers won't even have the choice to decide whether or not they want to eat these genetically modified objects (despite the fact that the FDA has declared them safe. Because I don't agree with them).
First off I got to say nice title to this tao. To me i think that this can be a good thing because it could help out with poverty because there will be more food for people. I dont really have a problem with cloning in general, as long as it doesnt get into the wrong hands, just like we dont want deadly weapons to get in the wrong hands. Such as human cloning. But for animals i dont have that big of a problem with it as long as there are no side effects to eating from the cloned animals.
I agree with Robbie. Cloning and GMO's can help with world poverty. The more food we can make, the more easily available, cheap food we can give to poor countries. However, there are cons, like Erika states. She and I did our English debate about GMO's, including cloning, and there is ample evidence to suggest how unsafe cloned food can be. People have gotten sick from eating GM ingredients without knowing what they were eating because the food label didn't include "GMO." Also, the cloning hasn't been around long enough to know what the long term affects are. Even though Allen's post was about cloning, it brings about many other moral dilemmas about whether to change natural organisms’ DNA and change Mother Nature - should we really mess with it? Peoples' fear of this new, unchecked technology has thus been increasing the grown of the organic food industry, as we have been seeing in the supermarkets. There is this great documentary about GMO's that Erika and I watched, and I think everyone should see it, but I don't remember its name.
First of all, the picture of the glass of milk is adorable.
And second of all, maybe the movie Ziva is refering to is "The Future of Food?"
I'm not sure about cloning for the purpose of food, as Ziva and Erika said, the effects on our health are unknown, but if we're talking about cloning embryos for use in stem cell research, I don't see any harm it. Stem cells are vital for treating leukemia, cancer, Parkinson's disease, spinal cord injuries,etc.
I'm sure most of us know someone who could have been saved by these cells, and would hope that there would be prevention of the fatal consequences of these diseases.
When it comes to cloning, I think that nothing is wrong with it as long as certain guidelines are followed. Cloning to make food for the growing human population is a great. That way if a certain animal seem to have optimal nutrients for people, we can keep on cloning and mass producing that animal and the benefits that it brings.
But cloning additional animals would take a toll on the world's already decimated resources. Sure, there's more food and nutrients around, but unless we mass produce more hay and clone grazing space, there is not going to be enough room to support these cloned animals.
I think that eating products from cloned organisms should be fine as long as there are no long term effects. However, in stores, these foods from cloned organisms should be labeled to let consumers who are wary of these products be more aware.
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