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Old 04-04-2008, 02:05 AM
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Pros and Cons about molecular biology & biotechnology in PLANTS?

Pros and Cons about molecular biology & biotechnology?
So there are controversies out there now about biotechnology of plants. The pros about having molecularly engineered plants to have a sufficient amount of food and have genetically modified food to save gas and other materials. Opposing the pros, there are many cons such as evolution of other harmful plants and our environment.

What are some other pros and cons to this idea?
What are some of your views?
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There has been nothing or very little done to prove that gmos( genetically modified organisms) increase crop production, as there has been very little done on studying it at all, as wanted by the companies producing gmos. They do however create crops that are not as eaten by insects, as they have pesticides built into them( some, including certain varieties of corn, mostly fed to cattle at least do) Also certain plants can be made round up ready- where they will not be killed by round up, and therefor are sprayed with unbelievable loads of the stuff. There is also a plant, the gmo giant and front runner, Monsanto is trying to produce called the " terminator" which becomes sterile after its first use, and cannot be used to grow a plant again(seeds).
Overall, there are very few pros, and there are way overweighted by the cons(in my opinion at least :])

Personally I disagree with biotechnology as a whole. I believe it was not the way seeds where meant to be. Hybridization is a natural process, genetic modification of plants is not. Watch the movie The Future Of Food, if you have not already,it has some interesting points in it, and provides a look at the biotechnology today. The first link is a link to the website of the film, the second a great website which had the film to watch for free, no downloading required, it just comes up like a youtube video, although its not in the highest quality.
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