Arguments Against Genetically Modified Plants

Even though Genetically Modified crops are feeding children in poverty stricken nations; they are destroying the ecosystem and are diminishing water sources. They will cross pollinate with local wildlife they will cross breed plants that secrete their own pesticides and herbicides. This will cause bugs to eat the plants, killing off some, but the ones that will survive will have obtained a resistance to the pesticide through natural selection, rendering the original gene totally and utterly useless. Most herbicides and pesticides are not there to completely commit mass genocide on weeds and bugs. They are there to repel them and make plants undesirable to eat and after continuous consumption of this herbicide/pesticide the bug or weed will …show more content…
But ever since 1995 the price of corn per acre has risen two hundred fifty nine percent, the reasoning is because the companies Monsanto, Dupont, and Syngenta own fifty three percent of the whole global commercial seed market.(Klinkenborg). As the need for pesticides and herbicides increase because of the improper use of pesticides and herbicides the prices to plant crops will rise even more giving more money to biotechnology companies. This cycle will continue unless people begin to put their foot down and create legislation preventing the misuse of genetically modified plants. Scientist who have tried to do independent research on genetically modified organism and have found problems with the GMOs have been attacked, or denied further funding fishy, right? The journal Nature acknowledged that a “large block of scientists . . . denigrate research by other legitimate scientists in a knee-jerk, partisan, emotional way that is not helpful in advancing knowledge.” (Waltz)When media tries to bring these issues to light they are often told that is not important enough or are just completely told not to cover that topic, otherwise called