Too often we jump at new innovations. Only time will tell what widespread repercussions will results from genetic modifications. Biotechnology holds promise. But we are plunging ahead much too fast. The speed at which genetic technology is being implemented in agriculture is too fast to be comfortable with.
Biotechnology is bad for human health.
The odds are one in four that you will get sick this year from contaminated foods. Use of antibiotics in animal s feed is not a threat to human health only if used when needed. Human health is a part of the quality of food production, and genetically modified seeds have not increased the quality of agricultural production. Use of genetically modified seeds can, but have not increased the quality of agricultural production. Genetically modified seeds have increased the quantity of corn produced and have killed butterflies.