Insulin originally was isolated from cows and pigs that were slaughtered for food. This method was inefficient and caused some patients to develop allergies” (Shama 28). Insulin is a widely used pharmaceutical and with out it millions of people would have died over the years.
Golden rice is another GM product that has shown promise in helping end malnutrition by “Providing those children with vitamin A could prevent about a third of all under-five deaths, which amounts to up to
2.7 million children that could be saved from dying unnecessarily”
(Mayer). It is true that biodiversity is affected by GMOs but there is barely any change from using non GMO species but with a great amount of pesticide, it still creates super pest.
Even though there are temporary solutions by using GM organisms, it is a high risk activity with unknown results. GMOs have been proven to have beneficiary uses with nutrients and medicine. But in the