Although genetic engineering helps to solve many problems including famine, it is moving forward too fast, changing the way things happen naturally, and therefore posing many risks.
GMOs are transferring genes in a much more unpredictable way compared to natural breeding.
Natural breeding is that a member of one species can not produce fertile offspring with a member of another species.
Genetic Engineering as one of the branches of modern science makes it possible to transfer genes not only across species, but even across kingdoms, inserting animal genes into microbes or plants, hence creating GMOs.
In the pursuit of profits, economic interests have pushed it (genetic modified food) onto the market too soon, offering a wide range of GM products to unsuspecting consumers.
Consuming genetically modified food can cause long-term health problems.
Food allergies have skyrocketed and such …show more content…
GMOs increase herbicide use, which has given rise to negative impacts upon the environment. The inherited ability of a plant to survive at a dose of herbicide normally lethal to the wild type is knows as herbicide resistance. Adjacent to resistance, herbicide tolerance can be defined as the ability of a plant to survive a herbicide treatment at a normal use rate. The excessive use of Roundup, for instance, procreated ‘”superweeds” able to resist herbicides. Consequently, farmers had been literally concussed into using even more toxic herbicides. Under such circumstances, GMOs crops need more and more herbicides to remain ‘herbicide tolerant’. GM crops can reduce bio-diversity or even obliterate birds, insects, amphibians, marine ecosystems, and soil organism. One of the deleterious results is water resources pollution. Certainly, we know the importance of having enough pure water, because it gives life to every creature on our planet, including human
GMOs are transferring genes in a much more unpredictable way compared to natural breeding.
Natural breeding is that a member of one species can not produce fertile offspring with a member of another species.
Genetic Engineering as one of the branches of modern science makes it possible to transfer genes not only across species, but even across kingdoms, inserting animal genes into microbes or plants, hence creating GMOs.
In the pursuit of profits, economic interests have pushed it (genetic modified food) onto the market too soon, offering a wide range of GM products to unsuspecting consumers.
Consuming genetically modified food can cause long-term health problems.
Food allergies have skyrocketed and such …show more content…
GMOs increase herbicide use, which has given rise to negative impacts upon the environment. The inherited ability of a plant to survive at a dose of herbicide normally lethal to the wild type is knows as herbicide resistance. Adjacent to resistance, herbicide tolerance can be defined as the ability of a plant to survive a herbicide treatment at a normal use rate. The excessive use of Roundup, for instance, procreated ‘”superweeds” able to resist herbicides. Consequently, farmers had been literally concussed into using even more toxic herbicides. Under such circumstances, GMOs crops need more and more herbicides to remain ‘herbicide tolerant’. GM crops can reduce bio-diversity or even obliterate birds, insects, amphibians, marine ecosystems, and soil organism. One of the deleterious results is water resources pollution. Certainly, we know the importance of having enough pure water, because it gives life to every creature on our planet, including human