Genetically-Modified Organisms (GMOs) are currently being developed for agriculture. Currently commercialized GM crops in the U.S. include soy (94%), cotton (90%), canola (90%), sugar beets (95%), corn (88%), and Hawaiian papaya (more than 50%). The use of GMO crops can reduce agricultural costs to farmers and provide greater crop-yields, possibly helping with issues of food shortages. Although this sounds great, there is still a lot of controversy around the use of GMOs. Which of these is a valid argument on why we should not use GMOs in our food?
GMOs do not have any nutritional value GMO crops are always more expensive to buy There is not enough research on long-term effects of eating GMOs.
GMO's have in some cases been known to out compete natural crops
For example carrots were naturally purple they were geneticly modified to become orange now do you ever see purple carrots
@hazelbrown what is the answer
they can out compete natural crops
Also because there engineered to resist herbicides this means more herbicides will be used and herbicies are very bad for the environment
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