The Pain of GMOs
by Sai Vegasena
Health Risks
Hurting small farms
Gmos might hurt small farms because these types of crops are expensive. Small farms with little revenue might fall in debt with big corporations. This would also cause a bigger economic separation between the rich and poor. This could also mean small farms coould be wiped out all together. Small farms also tend to help the environment.
Environmental, Natural, and Security concerns
Environmental
The use of pesticides to preserve GMOs often hurt the environment and disturb the delicate ecosystem. Also animals that are not adapted to GMO plants could die by eating their normal diet and not even know they have been eating genetically enhanced food.
Natural
By mixing genes and overtaking natural selection is immoral. Or, still, taboos and self inflicted decisions can be impacted by genetic engineering. An example is a muslim man eating a plant with pig genes in it it would be against his religion
Security
Food approving organization have been getting lazy and lax due to the fact that so many gmos are being made and processed. They now tend to approve foods much easier.