GMOs and How They Affect Our Environment

Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) are a growing concern in the US. There are people for the use of GMOs, and people against the use of GMOs. Although the timeline of GMOs goes all the way back into the 1935’s, the first patent for the GMO was introduced in 1980 from a court case between a genetics engineer at General Electric and the U.S. Patent Office. The GMO in question was a bacterium with an appetite for crude oil, ready to gobble up spills. In 1982, the FDA approves the first GMO, which was humulin, insulin produced by genetically engineered E. coli bacteria, appears on the market.
Before I go on any further, the definition of GMO could be described as: “organisms whose DNA has been altered in a non-natural way”. GMO crops are also part of the GMO family, which GM plants mainly focus on being changed to be insect resistant, virus resistant, or herbicide tolerant. These changes produce potential problematic environmental challenges.
1. GM Crops and The Risk They’re Open To
The various risks of GM crops include toxicity, a huge issue surrounding chemical pesticides and her...