GM junk food
The major problem when we toy around with nature by using genetically modified crops, is that we can not predict what the knock on effect on other life forms is after a period of time. Here is the dire consequences
Cotton that has been genetically
modified to poison an insect pest can cause a massive increase in the number of
other insects.
“Bt cotton” is genetically modified
to produce a toxin from the bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis
(Bt) that is deadly to the bollworm. More than 4
million hectares of Bt cotton are now grown in China.
But
according to Nature:
“Numbers of mirid
bugs (insects of the Miridae family), previously only
minor pests in northern China, have increased 12-fold since 1997.”
Mirids are now the main pest in the region, and their rise in
number can be directly linked to the scale of Bt
cotton cultivation.
Meanwhile,
in the United States, farmers’ widespread use of Roundup weedkiller
is spurring the creation of superweeds. There are now
at least 10 different species of superweeds resistant
to Roundup, spread over 22 states and millions of crop acres.
Source: Science May 13, 2010
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20466880
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