A British study found that GM potatoes with snowdrop plant and cauliflower mosaic virus genes were dramatically different from natural potatoes. Rats fed this new food suffered organ damage. A 1999 study reported in the Journal of Medicinal Food found GM soybeans had lower concentrations of phytoestrogens, crucial nutrients with important health benefits. Environmental Concerns Human health effects are not the only GM food-related concern. The environment may suffer as well.
Farmers can spray as many pesticides as they want without harming the crop.
Scientists estimate this could triple the amount of chemicals used in agriculture. GM plants are planted, nature will carry their genetically altered pollens to natural varieties of the same plant. Such inevitable transfers will pollute the DNA of wild species, and lead to unknown results as the new genes reproduce and mutate in the wild. Beneficial Insect and Soil Damage - Recent scientific studies have shown that GM crops unexpectedly kill monarch butterflies, harm ladybugs, lacewings, bees and other beneficial insects, and damage soil microorganisms. For instance, herbicide-resistant canola plants have spread their resistance to wild mustard.