GMOs
Alex
What are GMOs?
GMOs are made when scientists change the genetics of a plant or animal.
- Change genetics for a certain trait
- GMO stands for genetically modified organism
- GMOs can make you allergic to foods
GMO's impact on health
GMOs can be very harmful to your health:
- Allergies
- Pollution due to herbicides
- kills pollinators
- linked to brain disorders
GMO's impact on animals
GMOs impact animals in a variety of ways, and then we harvest the animals to eat, which also impacts the community
Bob knows that animals can be GMO too and they are not good
- makes animals sick
Sick animals cannot be sold
- force fed?
Some countries still allow it
- possibly safe
GMO's impact on the environment
GMOs impact the environment, negatively, in a variety of ways.
- Non-target insects can be killed by pesticides
- GMOs make bacteria evolve resistance
- Leaked in the wild
Solutions
There are solutions to the problems that GMOs make, if we work as a whole.
- Stop GMOs altogheter
- Rotate between pesticides to stop bacteria resistance
- Stop GMOs from getting into the wild