SAY NO TO GMOs
by Janice Yoo
Health Risks
- May unintentionally introduce a new allergen
- Bacteria in our bodies could pick up antibiotic-resistance genes
- Familiar foods could become metabolically dangerous or even toxic
Farmers' Threats
- Will cause small farmers to become indentured to big firms
- Further reliance on vast monocultures
- Farmers of monocultures vulnerable to lethal attacks by disease and pests
Environmental Threats
- Will harm other wildlife, such as monarch butterflies
- Insects could become 'superbugs' resistant to pesticides engineered into GM crops
- Gene-thieving viruses could evolve into entirely new strains that could infect a whole range of plants previously unaffected
Natural Threats
- Mixing genes is 'unnatural'
- Genetic changes take a long time
- Violates human-nature relationships and religious beliefs