The Pros And Cons Of GMO Plants

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Green, Yellow or blue, huge or small. We human beings are never satisfied with something that have not changed over centuries. We always one to have hand on everything. Subsequently as centuries pass on we figure out that our curiosity in changing everything surrounding us is harming our own life by making pollution, harming environment that our generation and next generation is taking life from. GMO plants is another thing made by us human, they might be beautiful and fantastic in shape but when there is change in mother nature don’t go positive because sooner or later it will show its drawbacks.
While our ancestors had no idea of genetics, they were still able to effect the DNA of other organisms by a process called “selective breeding” or
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One of the major disadvantages of GMO plants is the amount of allergies which have formed, centuries back having allergies to peanut butter or fish was a normal thing for adults and children but now days we hear about allergies which are humorous and uncanny such as allergies to raw fruits or even water. (Lombardo, 2015) .
Another disadvantage of this type of plants is that The crops that have been genetically modified have antibiotic properties put into them in order to make them immune to certain diseases. Therefore, when you eat these foods these properties are left in your body and can make many antibiotics less effective. And that is the reason which our generation and new generation take a longer time in fighting a disease taking place in their body compare to our previous generations. (Lombardo,
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The question is how does this kind of allergy form in their bodies and what is the relationship of it to GMO plants? Let’s start with the fact that water or H2O is what makes living things survive in this planet and obviously there won’t be a life on earth with it. Food safety is always consistent with water safety and that is because water is needed to produce the food that nourishes the billions of human on our planet. Presently, the agricultural sector uses 75 percent of global water and that is what we are concerned about. 75 percent is not a small amount, therefore using it in a correct and harmless way is a very important process we should consider. Unfortunately, in 2011 study showed that bacteria caused into Monsanto's GM corn was found in hundreds of streams and waterways throughout the U.S. Midwest as a result another disadvantage of GMO plants is that it has side effects not only the water which is surrounded by but it has an effect by a huge source of water which is the cause of our existence on earth (Reserved, 2016). However, that is not the only disadvantage of water from GMO plants. Recently many farmers of non-GMO or organic complain about GMO plant and that is because it is revealed some chemicals from GMOs can very easily pass their characters onto non-GMO, organic, and native crops and other plants, effectively destroying their very integrity

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