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Whats wrong with genetically modified crops?
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nothing as far as i can see—actually we have been genetically modifying crops for the past 30 or 40 years or more
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in my opinion nothing is wrong with it,the problem lies in people fearing change.
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Artificial GM crops can have have adverse affect which may take decades to show its symptoms. Artificially made GM foods can produce produce toxicity/allergy. Maybe god’s technology is better than humans, thats why we prefer naturally occuring crops.
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I agree with the other posters. Maybe a nitpick with DarkAngel’s. We’ve been selectively breeding, thus genetically altering, since antiquity.
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There are several disadvantages of genetically modified (GM) crops.
Ethical question: Do we have a right to play God?
1) GM crops may cross pollinate with similar crops to create new varieties of weeds
2) GM crops may grow again a second year as a “volunteer crop” which the farmer may not want and it is tougher to get rid of.
3) Some GM crops have been found to be carcinogenic (cancer causing) years after it was developed.
4) GM plants may have genes transferred from animals.
5) GM food may accidentally have toxic substances.
6) Fungus may adapt quickly to fungus-resistant GM plants
7) GM food may accidentally have allergenic substances (people are allergic to it).
9) Farmers may choose to stop growing traditional crops and grow only selective GM crops.
10) Chemical companies may charge high prices for farmers to use their GM seeds.
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Selective breeding is great crops can be manipulated naturally for better produce.
Most GM crops have been modified to make money not better foods.
Putting fish splices with tomatoes to make self fertilizing plants has not improved the quality of our tomatoes just made it more difficult to find tomatoes with out fish in them.
putting spiders silk with cows milk to make military hardware
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Most crops are genetically modified to withstand more poisons from pesticides produced by similar companies, so much poison that all other nature dies around while the gm crops can take excessive amounts of poisons and still live and “look” good.
My rabbit won’t eat a lot of the foods he likes for this reason although it looks good to me and he normally likes them some produce he just walks away from even when hungry. I’d sure like to take cuddles shopping with me for my own health benefits.
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