The pros and cons of GMO, the harms of GMO

Benefit 1: Health is guaranteed. For example, insect-resistant genetically modified corn will not be bitten by insects, which will reduce the wounds on the corn, and some harmful microorganisms will not be able to invade it, which will reduce the probability of microbial invasion and is a guarantee for our health.

Benefit 2: Having nutrients that we can't synthesize ourselves. Compared with non-GMO, some genetically modified foods, especially some genetically modified foods in the future, add some nutrients that we need.

Many of these nutrients are not synthesized by our bodies, which can be very beneficial to us.

Benefit 3: Reduced pesticide residues. In the cultivation and planting of insect- or disease-resistant genetically modified crops, pesticides can be used with little or no pesticides, which reduces pesticide residues to a large extent.

1. A large number of genetically modified organisms are likely to interbreed with wild species after entering nature, causing genetic pollution, thereby affecting the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, and the harm caused by this pollution to the environment and ecosystem is more difficult to eliminate than the pollution caused by any other factors. For example, genetically modified oilseed rape resistant to herbicides can infect wild mustard and make it insensitive to weed control measures.

2. Some researchers believe that foreign genes can destroy the nutrients in food in a way that people do not know much about. The U.S. Center for Ethics and Toxicity reported that compared with ordinary soybeans, herbicide-tolerant genetically modified soybeans had fewer cancer-preventing components, isoflavones.

3. According to reports, scientists have found that some genetically modified organism products may contain toxic substances and allergens, which will adversely affect human health, and in serious cases, they can even cause cancer or cause certain genetic diseases. Although there have been no convincing studies to date suggest that these improved varieties are toxic, some researchers believe that the artificial refinement and addition of genes may have increased and accumulated trace amounts of toxins in food while achieving some of the desired effects.

At present, you can see a lot of genetically modified foods in daily life, among which the common one is edible oil, but many friends do not know what the harm of genetically modified food is? The danger of genetically modified organisms is that they may produce some toxins, or they may increase the toxin levels in food, and if the situation is severe, it may also cause genetic diseases. At the same time, the nutrients will be reduced, and there will be little benefit to human health.

It can even cause allergic reactions in the human body, which can cause great consequences. In addition, it will also cause an imbalance in the structure of nutrition, resulting in an imbalance between the ecological and natural environment, which is not conducive to human health.