Gmos

The introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has created an emotionally charged worldwide public discussion. The development of crops with newly injected DNA has spurred ethical, political, and social discussions as well as more a straightforward scientific debate.

There are some local conditions that raises environmental safety concerns regarding crops that are heavily modified that are a major concern to plant ecologists. Ecologists have approached the technology with caution based on the impacts such as increased weediness from crop to wild relative genetic exchange, creation of insect resistant pests, to non-target beneficial organisms for an example insects which are not pests, to the gene product; and gene exchange from crop to wild resulting in extinction of rare plants and weedy relatives to include the stability of the gene; the reduction in the spectrum of other plants including loss of biodiversity; and increased use of chemicals in agriculture. It has been known that for centuries farmers have used selective breeding to improve both crops and stock. Traditional methods that were used on plants were to save the seeds from the particular plant which produced the best combination of characteristics. There have been little appreciation and less concern on the ecological impacts and risk factors during the transformation of growing genetically modified organisms of over 170 million worldwide acres of land since 1996.

According to the environmentalists, genetically modified seeds and plants could cause contaminations which are serious effects from what they call “genetic pollution” that develops through cross-pollination. This can lead to creating superweeds that may possibly require more toxic pesticides, and threaten extinction for rare plants and their weedy relatives relied upon for crop and plant biodiversity.

Many believe that the Genetically Modified Organisms could help and improve the health and welfare of people of poor countries...