Genetically Modified Organisms are unsafe for people and the environment.

Hi 1)UNTESTED? Well they are tested and tested a lot just explain me how in the world you would know that unregulated ingredients are found in 60-70% of the foods in the US? I mean is illogical to have this information if they are untested is paradox, and there are thousands of studies on them if something is going wrong is not the fault of studies is fault of your government that this kind of things happen, in fact these are just some studies about them http://www.biotehnologii.usamv.ro... http://www.ingentaconnect.com... http://www.scielo.cl... 2)Corruption: well when you mention that GMO food is bad for the human, well if we humans do this things is because we want to improve the aliments not to cause a damage making the food stronger to disease, in the strict sense we are organism and now days are plenty of studies about genetic and these ones have resulted a benefit for those ones who have genetic disease, could you imagine the life knowing the gene code? Maybe perfect. Anyway you mention corruption but is a disadvantage of the government not of the GMO food and is something easily to correct with a good government and corruption is everywhere in laws but we are not to abolish them because the laws don't work; we have to make them work. Also I have to say that there are more enterprises than "MONSATO" 3)RESEARCH/HIDDEN DANGERS? Another paradox if they are so hidden how do you know? And I would say this again we do GMO food to improve it is like a conservative, also its true that it can cause damage but the sun can cause damage and you canï¿½t turn it off, the contamination can cause damage and you can't stop it, the water is getting every day worse and you canï¿½t do anything and like this are millions of thing but GMO food have to pass several test which are prove of their security and if this don't work is responsibility of your government I mean that "Monsanto" was fault of the government, in fact if they are not as secure as they say they would have great problems could you imagine the economic losses for them, if the people get ill they can be defendants. 4)MASSIVE PESTICIDE POLLUTION? Some environmentalists feel that GM crops help the environment because they reduce the need for pesticides. Every year, farmers spray 970 million tons of chemicals on plants. This has a significant effect on the environment. For people like cotton farmers, GM crops mean only having to spray chemicals one or two times instead of nine times, decreasing the negative effect of pesticides on the environment. GM crops could even help to clean up the environment (this process of using plants to clean up the earth is called phytoremediation). For example, poplar trees have been modified to clean up heavy metal pollution. 5)CROSS-BREEDING: the problem that you mention can be solve easily because the organic enterprises (which nowadays are not very common) can change easily having great incomes not just for them also for their country The benefits Genetically altered foods can also be manipulated to carry vitamins, minerals, and proteins that they otherwise would not have, increasing their healthiness. For example, many plants can be altered so that they have fewer calories and more fiber or starch. Many also have lower levels of pesticides, herbicides, and toxins than traditional plants because farmers don't need to spray them with chemicals and insects aren't able to release toxin into them. GM crops can help people in third-world countries by increasing nutritional value. "Golden rice" is one of the best examples of this. This GM rice stimulates the body to make Vitamin A and its goal is to prevent 2 million children from dying and another 500,000 from going blind because of lack of vitamin A. GM crops can also carry medicines and vaccines to parts of the world where it is currently too costly to store and prepare them. Genetically altered foods also harbor a hope that 600 million people around the world won't have to go hungry every day, because crops will be plentiful enough to feed them. • Pest resistance Crop losses from insect pests can be staggering, resulting in devastating financial loss for farmers and starvation in developing countries. Farmers typically use many tons of chemical pesticides annually. • Herbicide tolerance For some crops, it is not cost-effective to remove weeds by physical means such as tilling, so farmers will often spray large quantities of different herbicides (weed-killer) to destroy weeds, a time-consuming and expensive process, that requires care so that the herbicide doesn't harm the crop plant or the environment. Crop plants genetically-engineered to be resistant to one very powerful herbicide could help prevent environmental damage by reducing the amount of herbicides needed. • Disease resistance There are many viruses, fungi and bacteria that cause plant diseases. Plant biologists are working to create plants with genetically-engineered resistance to these diseases. • Cold tolerance Unexpected frost can destroy sensitive seedlings. An antifreeze gene from cold water fish has been introduced into plants such as tobacco and potato. With this antifreeze gene, these plants are able to tolerate cold temperatures that normally would kill unmodified seedlings. • Drought tolerance/salinity tolerance As the world population grows and more land is utilized for housing instead of food production, farmers will need to grow crops in locations previously unsuited for plant cultivation. • Nutrition Malnutrition is common in third world countries where impoverished peoples rely on a single crop such as rice for the main staple of their diet. However, rice does not contain adequate amounts of all necessary nutrients to prevent malnutrition. If rice could be genetically engineered to contain additional vitamins and minerals, nutrient deficiencies could be alleviated. For example, blindness due to vitamin A deficiency is a common problem in third world countries. Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Institute for Plant Sciences have created a strain of "golden" rice containing an unusually high content of beta-carotene (vitamin A). Pharmaceuticals Medicines and vaccines often are costly to produce and sometimes require special storage conditions not readily available in third world countries. Researchers are working to develop edible vaccines in tomatoes and potatoes16, 17. These vaccines will be much easier to ship, store and administer than traditional injectable vaccines. • Phytoremediation Not all GM plants are grown as crops. Soil and groundwater pollution continues to be a problem in all parts of the world. Plants such as poplar trees have been genetically engineered to clean up heavy metal pollution from contaminated soil18. And I didn't mention Economical GM supporters tell farmers that they stand to reap enormous profits from growing GM crops. Initially, the cost is expensive but money is saved on pesticides. To produce the GM crops, modern biotechnology is used which requires highly skilled people and sophisticated and expensive equipment.7 Large companies need considerable investments in laboratories, equipment and human resources, hence the reason why GM crops are more expensive for farmers than traditional crops. GM crops, farmers are told, are a far better option. It takes a shorter time to produce the desired product, it is precise and there are no unwanted genes. And is good income for the country because this makes an increase in their production. THE SOLUTION IS NOT TO STOP THE SCIENCE THIS IS A SOLUTION FOR LAZY PEOPLE IS BETTER TO IMPROVE OUR GOVERNMENT IN THIS WAY WE ARE GOING TO PUT SOLUTION TO EVEN MORE PROBLEMS NOT JUST THIS ONE :) and sorry for the retardment it was because you wrote too much.