What does GMO mean how much harm it does to the human body

The DNA of any living thing and animal has its own vital properties and does not repeat. Genetically modified is a technique of genetics. The characteristics of the original growth genes of the organism can be changed.

This technology is genetically modified technology. GMO is a high technology in genetics. There are mixed opinions about the pros and cons of people.

1.Genetic technology uses antimicrobial resistance genes to identify genetically modified crops, which may affect the efficacy of antibiotics on humans after the genetic food enters the human body, and mutated genes in crops may cause new diseases;

2.Protein transfer in transgenic technology may cause the human body to become allergic to foods that are not originally allergenic, and whether the new protein traits after segmentation and recombination fully meet the needs we envisage remains to be investigated.

3.The artificial refinement and addition of genes may increase and accumulate trace toxins and unforeseen biological mutations in food. It can even raise the level of the original toxin, or produce new toxins;

4.For the ecosystem, genetically modified food is to intervene in a specific species, artificially make it gain a competitive advantage in the living environment, which will inevitably destroy the timeliness of the natural survival law, cause changes in the ecological balance, and genetized organisms, bacteria, viruses, etc. enter the environment, preservation or restoration is impossible, which is more serious than chemical or nuclear pollution, and the harm is irreversible.

Who said GMOs hurt?!

1. Change the environment: genetically modified food in the process of planting and growing. It will have a certain impact on the soil and the surrounding ecological environment.

2. Psychological panic: Long-term consumption of genetically modified food will cause a certain psychological burden and produce psychological diseases. 3. Pest upgrade:

Genetically modified food itself also has the gene to kill insects, but pests can rely on elimination and evolution to produce higher resistance to this characteristic, resulting in the possibility that pesticides cannot be killed.

4. Produce toxins or increase the toxin content of food: Some researchers believe that genetically modified foods may increase the content of trace toxins, which can lead to some genetic diseases.

5. Reduced nutrients: Trials by the UK Centre for Ethics and Toxicity reported a 12% to 14% reduction in the number of beneficial ingredients in genetically modified foods.

Among the trans-based foods, edible oil is the most frequently consumed by consumers. China has always been cautious about the import and marketing of genetically modified foods. The genetically modified food that is most relevant to the common people in life is soybean salad oil.

Genetically modified food has been mentioned many times in modern life, and genetically modified ingredients can also be seen a lot, and at present, there are two different voices in society about the advantages and disadvantages of genetically modified organisms on the body.

The first thing to do is to figure out what is called genetically modified. Genetically modified technology is to destroy the original genes of plants, and then introduce the artificially isolated and modified genes into the original plants to form new growth genes, which can improve yields. However, many of the genes introduced into transgenes include bacterial genes extracted from bacilli, which produce a toxic protein that affects human health.

If you have symptoms that you are not feeling well, you need to go to the hospital in time.

In addition, some scientists believe that foreign genes will cause damage to the original food, resulting in a continuous decline in the nutritional value of the food and an imbalance in the nutritional structure. And if it enters the intestines, it will cause intestinal disorders and affect intestinal health. What's more, genetically modified crops often use antimicrobial resistance genes, which will cause biological clock mutation genes to enter the body, reduce the body's resistance, and even lead to the emergence of new diseases.

But is GMO really all negative effects, and is it impossible to eat it at all? The answer is no. Genetically modified organisms have reduced production costs and increased production volumes, but whether genetically modified organisms are safe or not has always been a matter of great concern to people.

Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice, once expressed his views on this issue. He believes that genetically modified organisms cannot be generalized, and some genetically modified genes are resistant to diseases and insects, called "toxic protein genes". After all, humans and insects are not the same.

In an interview with Phoenix Finance, Yuan Longping said that genetically modified technology is the future development direction, a scientific measure to ensure food security and increase production, and there is nothing wrong with using genetically modified technology to bring safe and high-yield food to people. Genetically modified foods are put into production only after reasonable research and strict scientific tests. Wu Kongming, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, also said that there is a clear authoritative conclusion that genetically modified safety is not safe.

Only genetically modified products that have undergone safety evaluation can be marketed, and the safety of genetically modified foods on the market is the same as that of traditional foods.

At present, it is believed that in life, the probability of people choosing to eat foods containing genetically modified ingredients will cause risks to human health is relatively low. So these foods are actually edible. According to the current research, there is still insufficient evidence to show that the consumption of these foods has adverse effects on human health.

Genetically modified foods that have been approved for marketing have not been found to cause any significant harm to human health. Therefore, consumers can combine their own needs and eat with confidence.

From this point of view, it is not easy to draw conclusions on the question of whether genetically modified foods are harmful to humans in a short period of time, and the conclusions obtained by scientists are also different according to the continuous research of scientists. However, we can avoid eating genetically modified foods in our lives with a high probability.

Changing the environment: In the process of planting and growing, genetically modified foods are still very different from non-genetically modified crops, which will have a certain impact on the soil and the surrounding ecological environment, and this impact is not necessarily positive.

Pest upgrade: Genetically modified food itself still has the gene to kill insects, but pests can rely on elimination and evolution to produce higher resistance to this characteristic, resulting in the possibility that pesticides cannot be killed.

Historical background: After entering the 21st century, the cultivation of genetically modified crops in the world has developed very rapidly, and the global planting area of genetically modified plants in 1998 was only 2780hm2 (hectares). The United States has the most, accounting for 74%; China is less than 1%.

The transgenic plants are ranked as soybean, corn, cotton, rape, and potato according to the planting area.