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Do you want to eat cloned food? In the Newsweek Web Exclusive by Fred Gurtel 2008, “Would You Like Fries with Your Clone?” the author gives explanation about the government legislation about food products from clones livestock. He shows us how in the text how the two government were arguing about clone food, “the U.S Food and Drug Administration issued a report declaring that cloned livestock was safe to eat” (para 1). Also he tell us how U.S government takes a big step allowing cloned meal and milk on the dinner table. However Europe government does not think that milk derived from clone animals does not make any difference and no evidence of any abnormal effects.

It is clear that the author’s opinion is yes to cloned animals and livestock. And both government should take a real precaution about cloned animals and what derived from them because its can possibly affect human being, be against nature and create diseases.

First of all, possible health problems can occur if a human being eats cloned food. Side effects that can happen after eating cloned food may include mental problems. No medication is yet available for the side effects after eating cloned food. In “Would You Like Fries with Your Clone” the Union of Concerned Scientists states that “ Although successful clones may appear normal, the possibility remains that some may harbor subtle genetic defects that could impair their health or make them unsafe for consumption” (2008, para7) as an example of scientist preoccupation of cloned food safety. It means cloned food is not safe according to the union of scientist. According to an article on the Press Releases, “ A December 2006 people who ate cloned food was polled by the Initiative found that 64% of those polled were uncomfortable with animal cloning, with 43% saying that cloned food is unsafe, while another 36% felt unsure about cloned food safety” ( Mendelson & Kimbrel, 2006, para 5).a general opinion about cloned safety was given by this article that people are really worried about clone food and cloned food is not really secure to eat and we as human being should be warned about cloned foo

Next, cloned food can be against nature. If human knows how to clone animals and produce their food, it means that we can also clone human and it is against nature and religious purpose. People who believed in religion and God may not agree with cloning food because it goes against their religion, their belief and what their live for. In addition to this, the cloned animal and his food derive will never be perfect as God created and it goes against nature. Another example is the mutation problem that cloned food will have when they will be produced. According to this article “Is It Safe To Eat Cloned Food” the report state that “Reports of abnormalities, higher disease susceptibility and early deaths of clones have prompted many of the concerns about using their milk and meat. Some of these abnormalities result from slight changes that occur when the DNA from the cow to be cloned is being read and translated by the egg cell from another cow into which it is implanted — even if clones are genetic replicas, they aren't quite identical to the original donor'' (2008, para 6-8). This example show how there is some mutations and abnormalities problems in the process of cloning food.Everything is related to this world and what you create is what you recieve, this is the law of Alchemie. So the fact that human can clone food and maybe human is against nature.

Finally, cloned food can create new disease. The process of cloning an animal and his exact replica is handle by machine. The possibility of new disease can be created since human can make errors and do their calculation wrong. In “Would You Like Fries with Your Clone” the author states that “ there is some evidence that cloned animals show higher propensity for developmental problems, such as mental retardation” (2008, para 6). This is an example of a possible mental problem on human because of a malfunction or overdose in the hormones of the clone during the process. If this possibility is right, it means that it will be difficult to scientist to find a cure. Therefore cloned food can create disease. This is a serious problem that we should not take easily.

The U.S Food and drugs Administration should revise the cloned food stuff and think twice before authorizing people to eat it and ban it from the market. Cloned food is very bad to human and we have to consider some real problems according to the facts that we already have in our records. Today’s world is going at a faster rate and we have to measure our action due to the present and see the effect in the coming future.

References

Briggs, H. (n.d.). Fresh warning over cloning dangers. BBC news. Retrieved February 27,2008 from http://news.bbc.co.uk

Mendelson, J. & Kimbrell, a. (2006,December 28.). Despite lack of science and trong public concer, FDA okays Food From cloned Animals. Press Releases.Retrieved February 27, 2008
http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/cloning PR12 26 06.cfm

Thompson, A. (2008, January 10). Is It safe To Eat Cloned Food. FOXNEWS. Retrieved
February 27, 2008 from http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,321446,00.html