Genetically Modified Products: Harmful Or Helpful?
'Genetically modified Products: Harmful or Helpful? Genetic, modification in products is not a new concept, for many years, scientist have been doing research in this field, consequently there have been a lot of discussion on whether genetic modification of a product is bad or good. Genetic modification was limited to mixing traits of organisms only within the same family of species, but due to advanced biotechnology, scientist can now genetically modify different species. Genetically engineered products are seen as the solution to the challenges posed by climate change and population growth, but the discussions on whether they are safe is still ongoing .There has been debate on whether genetically modified products are harmful or helpful
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Laboratory study has shown that pollen from B.t. Corn has caused a large number of deaths in butterfly, caterpillars and monarch (Nature 214). Although the study was not done under natural field conditions, the outcome supports the view that B.t. Corn kills insects. Unfortunately, B.t. Poison kills many types of insects in larvae stage indiscriminately; hence it is difficult to come up with a B.t. toxin that can only kill pests who are responsible for the crop damage and leave other harmless …show more content…
Many children in Europe and USA have developed allergies to peanuts, this is life threatening. It is likely that the introduction of a gene into a product may cause allergenic reactions in prone individuals and may also create a new allergen. The idea of incorporating Brazil nut gene into soybeans was dropped because of fear of allergic reactions (New England Journal of Medicine 688-692) Genetically modified crops have the capability of escaping and potentially contaminating the wild population. This will lead to changes in traits of the wild population, hence affects the environment. There is also strong believe, that there is possibility that we may not be able to Kill genetically modified crops once they spread and form part of the environment. For example, in Europe, genetically engineered sugar beet to resist specific herbicide has acquired the genes that resist one another
Positive part of genetically modified
Laboratory study has shown that pollen from B.t. Corn has caused a large number of deaths in butterfly, caterpillars and monarch (Nature 214). Although the study was not done under natural field conditions, the outcome supports the view that B.t. Corn kills insects. Unfortunately, B.t. Poison kills many types of insects in larvae stage indiscriminately; hence it is difficult to come up with a B.t. toxin that can only kill pests who are responsible for the crop damage and leave other harmless …show more content…
Many children in Europe and USA have developed allergies to peanuts, this is life threatening. It is likely that the introduction of a gene into a product may cause allergenic reactions in prone individuals and may also create a new allergen. The idea of incorporating Brazil nut gene into soybeans was dropped because of fear of allergic reactions (New England Journal of Medicine 688-692) Genetically modified crops have the capability of escaping and potentially contaminating the wild population. This will lead to changes in traits of the wild population, hence affects the environment. There is also strong believe, that there is possibility that we may not be able to Kill genetically modified crops once they spread and form part of the environment. For example, in Europe, genetically engineered sugar beet to resist specific herbicide has acquired the genes that resist one another
Positive part of genetically modified