This is from a biology class discussion on genetically modified foods.
While there might be advantages to having crops that are pest resistant, would the same mutations that make them pest resistant also produce negative effects in humans? For instance, might these foods take on qualities that may be carcinogenic? While there is no problem with creating hybrid foods that are already eaten by humans, for instance an apple with mixed qualities of two different apples or if the aspects of an orange and a grapefruit were combined, I personally don't wish to eat foods that have been altered in ways that might be detrimental and until the products of an insect-resistant super-crop are proved not to be detrimental to humans and domestic animals, I don't want to be consuming it.
I personally don't use products such as milk containing BGH. Maybe there is nil negative effect, but maybe not. Wherever possible, when it comes to food, I prefer not to mess with Mother Nature.
While there might be advantages to having crops that are pest resistant, would the same mutations that make them pest resistant also produce negative effects in humans? For instance, might these foods take on qualities that may be carcinogenic? While there is no problem with creating hybrid foods that are already eaten by humans, for instance an apple with mixed qualities of two different apples or if the aspects of an orange and a grapefruit were combined, I personally don't wish to eat foods that have been altered in ways that might be detrimental and until the products of an insect-resistant super-crop are proved not to be detrimental to humans and domestic animals, I don't want to be consuming it.
I personally don't use products such as milk containing BGH. Maybe there is nil negative effect, but maybe not. Wherever possible, when it comes to food, I prefer not to mess with Mother Nature.
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