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How is GMO produced?
GMOs are created by selecting and inserting a particular gene into a plant to produce a desired trait – such as resistance to pesticides. Farmers have been selectively cultivating plants for thousands of years. Creating genetically modified organisms (GMOs), are a more scientific process. …
What’s bad about GMO?
The main concerns around GMOs involve allergies, cancer, and environmental issues — all of which may affect the consumer. While current research suggests few risks, more long-term research is needed.
What do GMOs do?
Some benefits of genetic engineering in agriculture are increased crop yields, reduced costs for food or drug production, reduced need for pesticides, enhanced nutrient composition and food quality, resistance to pests and disease, greater food security, and medical benefits to the world’s growing population.
What are GMOs and are they bad for me?
GMOs are food items that have been made using genetic engineering techniques. They comprise 90\% of soy, cotton, and corn grown in the United States and are deemed safe for human consumption. GMO foods may offer several advantages to the grower and consumer.
What were GMOs originally created for?
Why GMOS were Originally Created. The main reason GMOs and all of the other plant modifying techniques were originally created was to grow more food at a faster rate, to try and feed the thousands of starving and malnourished people all around the world.
How dangerous are GMOs?
Environmental Destruction. Most GMO seeds are genetically engineered to be herbicide tolerant, resistant to insect infestation and disease. Environmentalists worry that the characteristics of GM crops may encourage farmers to increase their use of herbicides and pesticides, which will raise human consumption of dangerous toxins.
What are some pros and cons about GMOs?
Cons: Gene Transfer. A constant risk of GMO foods is that the modified genes of the organisms may escape into the wild. Brown University warns that herbicide-resistant genes from commercial crops may cross into the wild weed population, thus creating superweeds that are impossible to kill with herbicides .