BAN GMOs The issue of whether to ban GMOs has been widely debated for a while now. Despite the ongoing debate, the use of GMOs has continued to increase worldwide, especially in farming. GMOs plantation in US was first introduced for commercial purposes in 1996. During that time, farmers view them as an ideal alternative to their crops as it increased their yields as well as improving efficiency through cutting of cost of herbicides and pesticides. Coupled with vigorous campaigns by biotech firms, the belief in GMO continued to grow and spread to all parts of the world, leading to an increase in the use of GMOs. But, is GMO really good or bad? GMOs are absolutely bad and their use should be banned. They are bad because they pose unknown health consequences, contaminate our gene pools, reduces genetic diversity, and destroys our environment and most importantly, due to the skewed practices of biotech firms. First, GMOs use need be banned due to their unknown health consequences. It is never a secret that every one of us would like to consume something that is safe. However, Scientist have failed to show that GMOs are safe for human consumption and eating them may have undesired consequences. According to Dr. Doris Lin (2016), the amount of time that scientist spend in testing for the safety of GMOs is short and, therefore, cannot be enough to prove the safety of GMOs. Numerous human studies have shown that traces of materials from genetically modified food are left on our system when we consume them. These materials, according to Jeffrey Smith (2011), have the possibility of causing more problems in our bodies. The unhealthy risks of GMO has been shown by the American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) action of arguing doctors not to prescribe GMO diet to their patients. AAEM understands the side effects that comes with consuming GMO. For instance, they cite animal studies which have revealed gastrointestinal disorders, immune disorders, organ damages, infertility and accelerated aging as the reason for recommending non-GMO prescribed diet to patients. I believe these unhealthy risks of GMO food can also affect a healthy person. The health risks of GMO can also be confirmed by the current trends in the health of the population. The current health trend indicates an upward increase in the incidence of chronic diseases and conditions world-wide. Chronic diseases and conditions such as stroke, cancer, arthritis, chronic respiratory diseases, heart disease, obesity and diabetes are now more prevalent than never before. These diseases, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), are now the leading cause of mortality as they contribute to about 60% of all deaths. US, in particularly has been the most affected by this trend. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than half of American adults suffer from one or more chronic disease. What do you think caused this increase? Probably, the increase in the numb ...

1. BAN GMOs
The issue of whether to ban GMOs has been widely debated for
a while now. Despite the ongoing debate, the use of GMOs has
continued to increase worldwide, especially in farming. GMOs
plantation in US was first introduced for commercial purposes
in 1996. During that time, farmers view them as an ideal
alternative to their crops as it increased their yields as well as
improving efficiency through cutting of cost of herbicides and
pesticides. Coupled with vigorous campaigns by biotech firms,
the belief in GMO continued to grow and spread to all parts of
the world, leading to an increase in the use of GMOs. But, is
GMO really good or bad? GMOs are absolutely bad and their
use should be banned. They are bad because they pose unknown
health consequences, contaminate our gene pools, reduces
genetic diversity, and destroys our environment and most
importantly, due to the skewed practices of biotech firms.
First, GMOs use need be banned due to their unknown health
consequences. It is never a secret that every one of us would
like to consume something that is safe. However, Scientist have
failed to show that GMOs are safe for human consumption and
eating them may have undesired consequences. According to Dr.
Doris Lin (2016), the amount of time that scientist spend in
testing for the safety of GMOs is short and, therefore, cannot be
enough to prove the safety of GMOs. Numerous human studies
have shown that traces of materials from genetically modified
food are left on our system when we consume them. These
materials, according to Jeffrey Smith (2011), have the
possibility of causing more problems in our bodies. The
unhealthy risks of GMO has been shown by the American
Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) action of arguing
doctors not to prescribe GMO diet to their patients. AAEM
understands the side effects that comes with consuming GMO.
For instance, they cite animal studies which have revealed
gastrointestinal disorders, immune disorders, organ damages,

2. infertility and accelerated aging as the reason for recommending
non-GMO prescribed diet to patients. I believe these unhealthy
risks of GMO food can also affect a healthy person. The health
risks of GMO can also be confirmed by the current trends in the
health of the population. The current health trend indicates an
upward increase in the incidence of chronic diseases and
conditions world-wide. Chronic diseases and conditions such as
stroke, cancer, arthritis, chronic respiratory diseases, heart
disease, obesity and diabetes are now more prevalent than never
before. These diseases, according to the World Health
Organization (WHO), are now the leading cause of mortality as
they contribute to about 60% of all deaths. US, in particularly
has been the most affected by this trend. According to Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than half of
American adults suffer from one or more chronic disease. What
do you think caused this increase? Probably, the increase in the
number of Americans suffering from chronic diseases was due
to cellular alteration of genes by GMOs.
Secondly, GMOs need to be banned since they contaminate our
genetic pools and their contamination are long lasting. The main
problem with GMOs is that it contaminates our gene pools with
their altered materials. For example, in St. Louis, Missouri,
many organic farmers have harvested GM crops with their non-
GMO crops, which has resulted in a lot of lawsuit against them
by Monsanto. These contamination of products occurred through
natural processes of reproduction such as cross-pollinations.
This means that GMO contamination cannot be avoided as long
as we continue using them. The main problem with GMOs
contaminations is that it threatens the existence of organic
products, which are currently in demand. Moreover, when these
gene pools are contaminated, they are difficult to fully clean
them, which may lead to GMO pollution. According to Jeffrey
Smith (2011), the effects of self-propagating GMO pollution
will surpass those of nuclear wastes and global warming, which
would threaten the existence of life. GMO contamination also
causes economic losses as it contaminates products of organic

3. and non-GMO farmers, reducing their earnings. These economic
impacts of GMO was confirmed by a study by Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO). According to the study, GMOs
pose a risk to the food and feed trade as GMO contaminated
food are either blocked or destroyed by the importing countries.
These risks are compounded by the current increase in
genetically modified farming. With this increase in GMO
farming, gene contamination will continue to escalate. What
then can we do? The only solution to GMO contamination
problem is to ban their use.
GMO should also be banned since it reduces genetic diversity.
Genetic diversity is responsible for the large variety of animals
and plants in existence today (Landry, 2015). According to
Heather Landry (2015), genetic diversity is important for the
survival and adaptability of organisms. With the current
changing environment, genetic diversity is becoming more
important than ever. However, GMO is threatening this genetic
diversity of organisms as it tends to create similar organisms
through the process of cross-breeding and uncontrolled growth.
With the reduced genetically diversity, organism would find it
hard to adapt the changing surrounding. One of the most
documented effect of reduced genetic diversity is the planting
of potatoes in Ireland in 1800s. During that time, Ireland
depended on potatoes for its nutrition. The problem started
when farmers started cultivating potatoes from sections of
parent potato instead of planting them from seeds. This lead to
all potatoes being clones of their parents, with the same genetic
materials. Due to lack of genetic diversity, the entire potato
plantation was wiped by invasive pathogen called P.infestans,
which attacked the potato crops in Ireland. The destruction of
potato plantation in Ireland, lead to a great famine, which
affected the entire nation. Had farmers in Ireland planted
different varieties of potatoes, then the extent of potato
destruction would have been minimal. Like the potato farming
in Ireland, GMO is creating organisms with similar genetic
materials. These new organisms will find it difficult to survive

4. in the changing environment. What shall we do then to maintain
our genetic diversity? Just ban the use of GMOs.
GMO should also be banned due to the bad track record of big
biotech firms and their skewed practices. Large biotech firms
cannot be trusted to handle GMO since they are only driven by
profit rather than public interest. These firms are ready to do
anything to protect their profits. This has been confirmed by
various incidence in which these firms have been found to cause
massive toxic contamination and lying to the public. For
instance, big biotech firms like Monsanto were caught lying to
the public on the safety of DDT, Agent Orange and PCBs. To
make matters worse, government institutions, which are
supposed to protect the interests of the public have been found
to have vested interest in these firms, making it difficult for
them to execute their roles. The integrity of these firms is
further put in questions by their actions of harassing and suing
farmers for infringement rights. This usually occurs when the
patented seeds of these biotech firms are found in farmer’s
possession, despite the fact that the seeds cross-pollinated the
farmer’s crops naturally. To worsen the matter, these firms have
started selling sterile seeds to firms so that they cannot last for
more than one season. Such actions put these firms’ integrity in
question and should never be believed. Another reason why
these firms should never be trusted is their treatment of scientist
who discover anomalies with GMOs. According to Jeffrey Smith
(2011), researchers who discover problems with GMOs are
usually fired, gagged, threatened and denied funding. Why are
these scientists treated like this? It is because they don’t want
them to reveal the truth as it will hurt their business. What then
should the solution be? The only solution to this problem is to
ban these biotech firms and their GMO products.
GMO should also be banned due to their harmful effects on the
environment. For the last decade, environmental conservation
has gained some momentum. The only problem to these
conservation efforts has been the rise in GMO farming. Toxicity
may be caused by GMOs themselves or by fungicides, herbicide

5. and pesticides that are commonly used with them. Numerous
studies have shown that GMOs increases the uses of these
compounds, especially herbicides (Hoffman, 2013). For a long
time, these compounds have been known to be environmental
pollutants as they pollute water, air and soil. These pollutions
harm insects, birds, mammals, soil organisms and marine
ecosystem. An example of the use of these products is the
decline in the population of monarch butterflies by nearly half.
If the trend in GMO farming continues, the destruction in
environment will continue. In order to save our environment
from destructions, we need to ban GMO.
In conclusion, the use of GMOs should be banned, or at the very
least, its commercialization be stopped. It has been proved
beyond reasonable doubt that the use of GMOs have negative
consequences not only for man and its environment, but also for
other organisms occupying the planet. Some organisms are
already extinct due to GMOs and if we continue with the current
trend, tend we may risk losing the remaining ecosystems. Birds,
fish, insects, amphibians and even mammals including human
being at the risk of extinction due to these GMOs. If we ban
GMOs, we might safe the remaining ecosystem from
extinctions.
References
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). Chronic
Disease Overview. Retrieved from
https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/overview/
Food and Agriculture Organization. (2014). Steady increase in
incidents of low levels of GM crops in traded food and feed.
Retrieved from
http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/216311/icode/
Glass, E. (2013). The Environmental Impact of GMOs | One
Green Planet. Retrieved from

6. http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/the-
environmental-impact-of-gmos/
GMO Awareness. (n.d.). GMO Risks. Retrieved from
https://gmo-awareness.com/all-about-gmos/gmo-risks/
Hoffman, B. (2013). GMO Crops Mean More Herbicide, Not
Less. Retrieved from
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bethhoffman/2013/07/02/gmo-
crops-mean-more-herbicide-not-less/#3608af473cd5
Landry, H. (2015). Challenging Evolution: How GMOs Can
Influence Genetic Diversity - Science in the News. Retrieved
from http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2015/challenging-
evolution-how-gmos-can-influence-genetic-diversity/
Lins, D. (2016). Genetically Modified Organisms - Arguments
Against GMOs. Retrieved from
http://animalrights.about.com/od/animalsusedforfood/a/Argume
nts-For-And-Against-Genetically-Modified-Organisms_2.htm
Smith, J. (2011). 10 Reasons to Avoid GMOs - Institute for
Responsible Technology. Retrieved from
http://responsibletechnology.org/10-reasons-to-avoid-gmos/
World Health Organization. (n.d.). Chronic diseases and health
promotion. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/chp/en/
Zeese, K. (2014). Dramatic Correlation Shown Between GMOs
And 22 Diseases. Retrieved from
https://popularresistance.org/dramatic-correlation-shown-
between-gmos-and-22-diseases/
HS460
Project Design and Management
for Health Care
Kaplan University School of Health Sciences

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Writing Center Resources & References on How to Cite
The KU Writing Center’s main page that houses APA materials
is the Research, Citation, and Plagiarism page in the Writing
Reference Library. Here is the URL for that main page:
https://kucampus.kaplan.edu/MyStudies/AcademicSupportCente
r/WritingCenter/WritingReferenceLibrary/ResearchCitationAnd
Plagiarism/Index.aspx
On the right side of that page, there is a list of videos; the last
two are APA tutorials:
http://www.screencast.com/t/1w4ccUBc4fUJ Part I runs 14
minutes,
http://www.screencast.com/t/WsQppN7b49Jx Part 2 runs 17
minutes
Here is a great APA Common Citations resource that was
updated recently:
https://kucampus.kaplan.edu/MyStudies/AcademicSupportCente
r/WritingCenter/WritingReferenceLibrary/ResearchCitationAnd
Plagiarism/CommonCitationsInAPAformat.aspx
Here is a longer, more detailed resource that addresses
plagiarism directly:
https://kucampus.kaplan.edu/MyStudies/AcademicSupportCente
r/WritingCenter/WritingReferenceLibrary/ResearchCitationAnd
Plagiarism/BasicCitationGuidelines.aspx
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HS450 Unit 2 Assignment
Leadership, Mission, Vision, and Culture
Course Outcome
HS450-1: Assess the impact of leadership, mission, vision,
ethics and culture on the foundation for
strategic planning
Unit Outcomes
emotional intelligence, and employee
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management.
PC-4.3: Apply concepts of multiculturalism and diversity to
become a change agent.
Instructions
Assessing and improving employee motivation are essential for
effective strategic management. These
skills can promote improved job satisfaction and overall
productivity for successful outcomes in strategic
planning for healthcare organizations. In order to properly
assess motivation and satisfaction, a leader
must be able to understand the needs and interpret the emotions
of employees from diverse cultural
backgrounds. This is referred to as emotional intelligence,
which involves a sensitivity to and
understanding of human expressions. (Human expressions can
include facial expressions, body
language, verbal communication, etc.)
Conduct searches in the Kaplan Library for journal articles that
address the topics of emotional

13. intelligence (EI) and leadership. Then, go to the internet and
conduct a search for “free emotional
intelligence test.”
After completing your EI test, answer the following questions:
1. How does EI differ from traditional conceptions of
intelligence?
2. After completing the emotional intelligence test, do you think
that emotional intelligence can be
“learned?” Do you see value in focusing on working to increase
your emotional intelligence? Why or why
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and motivation? How would you define
those relationships?
4. Have you worked for a manager that you think exhibited a
high degree of EI? Conversely, have you
worked for a manager that exhibited a low level of EI? What
was the impact of this manager(s) on your
own motivation, productivity, and job satisfaction? Do you
think the manager’s EI was beneficial when
interacting with employees from culturally diverse
backgrounds? Provide specific examples to explain the
effects on cultural diversity in the workplace.
● Please complete Assignment in a Microsoft Word document.
● The body of your document should be at least 1000 words in
length.
● Quoting should be less than 10% of the entire paper.
Paraphrasing is necessary.
● Students must cite and reference at least 4 credible sources.
● APA format is required.
● For support access Kaplan Writing Center.
Submit Assignment

18. Submit as: Microsoft Word document to the appropriate
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