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Benefits

Benefits

  • Higher Yield
  • less land destroyed
  • natural land preserved

Weedy species

  • Decreased use of pesticides
  • increased diversity of insects
  • cleaner water

Monarch caterpillar on leaf dusted with bt pollen

Concerns

  • Pollen from insect - resistant crops harmful to wildlife
  • 1999 experiment on bt pollen and Monarch caterpillars

recent experiment suggests to be false

  • Crop diversity will decrease
  • studies show genetically, crops have not been affected by GM crops
  • Invasive species
  • risk of GM crops
  • needs to be controlled

Crop diversity

What do you think?

Conclusion

Questions?

Questions

What are GM crops?

Who produces them?

Background

Work Cited

Ackerman, Jennifer. "Food: How Altered?" National Geographic n.d.: n. pag. Web. 20 June 2014.

Ammann, Klaus. "Effects of Biotechnology on Biodiversity: Herbicide-tolerant and Insect-resistant GM Crops." Trends in Biotechnology 23.8 (2005): 388-94. Web. 27 June 2014.

Hansson, Sven O., and Karin Joelsson. "Crop Biotechnology for the Environment?" Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics(2012): n. pag. Web. 20 June 2014.

Gm crops benefit the environment but there are risks to it.

  • Genetic Engineering vs. Breeding
  • targeted genes
  • any organism

  • Controversy
  • increased use of GM crops
  • concerns about the effects

GM Crops Benefit the Environment

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