One thing that I think confuses many people is the debate about whether to allow the use of GMOs in our agricultural crops. Monsanto is the name that has been thrown around with people saying either they are the devil or that they are great for our country. With the Monsanto Protection Act, these seeds would be protected. However, I want to tell you exactly the potential risks.
One big concern is the use of antibiotic resistant genes that are used as marks that could lead to antibiotic resistant bacterial strains! You know the whole antibiotic resistant thing means you can take medicine to "cure" those right? There is also concern that there might be toxins in the crops such as heavy metals in larger amounts than normal. Yes, research has been shown that the actual crops used in human consumption poses little to no health risk to the population. There seriously needs to be more research done in this field of study before pushing GMOs down the throat of the majority of the human populations. We need to look at the effects it will have on the population in years to come not just the risk of consumption now!
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