I’m working on a biology discussion question and need a sample draft to help me study.

Genetically modified foods have been commercially available since the 1990s and are most often associated with fruits and vegetables. Genetically modifying a portion of food involves introducing a gene into a fruit, vegetable, or animal from another organism. Broad scientific consensus suggests that genetically modified foods present no more danger than conventional food. Critics of genetically modified foods have argued that this type of food should be labeled differently than food produced conventionally. They argue that there is uncertainty as to the longer-term effect of genetically modified organisms on the health of consumers, as well as to the impact of such organisms on the environment.

For example, genetically modified organisms may squeeze out conventional fruits and vegetables from the environment, which may impact the animals, insects, and other organisms that have traditionally used those plants to survive. Other theoretical threats are that genes from genetically modified organisms may move to conventional crops (cross-fertilization), or may be transferred from food to the consumer.

Several countries have passed or proposed legislation regulating the development and use of genetically modified organisms in the food supply. Others have taken steps to ban them outright. For example, more than half the 28 countries in the European Union, including Germany and France, have decided to ban their farmers from growing genetically modified crops, but the importation of GMF for animal feed is still legal. Several regions, including Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, have also joined the anti-GMF movement, but the UK itself has no formal GMF ban.

Only one GM crop has ever been approved and grown in Europe—a type of maize with in-built resistance to a weevil called the European corn borer—but the only farmers to grow it are primarily in Spain where the weevils are a problem.

Source: https://www.fda.gov/food/consumers/agricultural-bi…

Give your views by answering the following questions and also comment on 2 other students post.

1. Should the government regulate/allow genetically engineered food? (5 points)

2. What is GMO? How is it done? (5 points)

3. Why is it done? Is it safe? (5 points)

4. Give some specific examples in which GMO’s are beneficial or harmful. Use different examples than mentioned above. (5 points)

NOTE: The response needs to be reflective and integrate information we are using/learning in the course. It should also include references to the book or other sources, with the source cited. I am looking for your analysis, opinion, and educated evaluation of the topic. (topic see the attachment below)