At
first, I found the seminar very ironic. This was because the speaker
is a bio technologist and she is conducting seminars against
biotechnology. However when I thought more about it, the fact that
the speaker was a bio technologist, that makes her very credible and
that makes her claims more believable. I already have knowledge of some of the facts that she presented. Such as bt corn, what
biotechnology is and many more. However, she explained this things
farther and those made things clearer.
I was already aware of what Bt corn was but she explained how
widespread bt corn in the Philippines actually was. Also, because of
the speaker, I know that the farmers in the Philippines are against bt
corn and are pro native. Also, I now know that the farmers are forced
to plant genetically modified organisms particularly corn even though
they prefer to plant native corn. At the back of my mind, I know that
most of the food that I eat is genetically modified. I also know that
there are rumors about go's having some effects and being cancerous.
The speaker explained the diseases that gmo's can cause. What I
didn't like about the seminar was that the speaker was very biased. I
know for a fact that there are also good things that gmo's can
contribute however, the speaker only focused on the bad side of gmo's
and biotechnology. I would appreciate the seminar more if it
explained both the good and bad side of gmo's. The main goal of the
speaker was to make a movement on which products which are gmo's will
have labeling on them. I support this because I want the people to be
informed of the products that they consume because this has a impact
on their health.
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