Environmental Threats Created by Genetically Modified Crops
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Table of ContentsEnvironmental threats created by Genetically Modified Crops.............................................1INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4
INTRODUCTIONGenetically Modified crops are those species in which new genes have beenintroduced which alters their characteristic traits and might results in the emergence ofsome new feature as well. But with the emergence of these transgenic crops, manyserious issues and threat related to environment is coming into existence which might benot easily controlled or cured.Are GM crops (Genetically Modified crops) a risk to the environment?Modification done in Genetically Modified crops have certain impact on theenvironment as when different genes are introduced to a particular crop, results can bedifferent. The original pattern of genes can be altered due to introduction of other ones.There can be numerous hazards created by them in an environment, leading it to a risk.These threats can be predictable as well as non-predictable (Barrows, Sexton andZilberman, 2014).As each genes are controlling different traits in an organism, a single insertion candrastically impact the genome of it, which may be immediately recognisable or may belater discovered. Some of the predictable risk can be contamination of genesinwhichmixing of two different genes can result in loss of original traits in the crop species. Thus,resulting in alteration of them, its behaviour and ecological relationship can also beaffected as the original character of that particular crop will not be same; therefore, it willnot have same behaviour in the environment. Competition with natural species becomes aserious concern as genetically modified crops grow faster as compared to others;therefore, having a competitive advantage over natural species (Blancke and et.al., 2015).This feature can allow them to be offensive in nature and spread to become new habitatwhich can cause ecological as well as economic damage. Impacting the Ecosystem as achange in any species can lead to a great impact on the ecosystem. A minute impact canlead to risk of damage and even destruction; affecting other species and working ofnatural ecological cycle.When GM crops are introduced in any environment, problems will always arisewhere elimination of them could be impossible. Many risks are identifiable when anygenetically modified crop is introduced but this doesn't means that they are curable or not
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