What is the difference between genetic engineering and other breeding methods that have been used by plant breeders and farmers for hundreds of years?
Unlike traditional breeding, genetic engineering creates new life forms that would never occur in nature, creating new and unpredictable health and environmental risks. Interspecies crossing rarely occurs in nature, and it never occurs between animals or bacteria and plants. To create GMO crops, genes from bacteria, viruses, plants, animals and even humans have been inserted into plants like soybeans, corn, canola, and cotton. However, this is not a precise science, and many failed attempts are made before the desired organism is created. These failed attempts in the past have included multiple plants with deformed/discolored fruits, deformed and/or discolored animals, and organisms unable to reproduce after the first generation. http://truefoodnow.org/genetically-engineered-foods/ http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/gmfood.
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