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Cloning, Biotechnology And Nanotechnology21.Select one important sustainability issue of global significance and express this issue in no more than one short sentenceCloning, Biotechnology and NanotechnologyCloning, biotechnology and nanotechnology are some of the major sustainability issues which has significant global impact. Cloning involves producing an exact copy of an animal or plant from its cells (Brown, 2016). According to Brumfiel (2013), biotechnology involves the use of living cells and bacteria in industrial and scientific processes. Finally nanotechnology is a branch of technology that deals with structures that are not more than 100 nano-metres long, scientists frequently develops these structures using substance of individual molecules (Bhushan,2017). They all involve the creation or development of new species, organism by using genes and molecules from the existing living things. The aim of all these scientific processes is to improve, develop and create new organisms, products and species that will help to improve the conditions of human beings and animals. Even though the processes have a positive objective they also come with their own share of disadvantages that affects the environment, the social andeconomic factors that are associated with the living things. They consist of unethical factors that affect the ecosystem as a whole.2.Describe the main environmental elements of your chosen global sustainability issueCloning has affected the environment in different ways. Cloning will affected the environment by wiping out the entire population of cloned species when they are vulnerable to a certain disease. According to Cortegano at el. (2004), cloning involve copying the DNA of a
Cloning, Biotechnology And Nanotechnology3particular organism either a plant or an animal to produce similar organisms. The population that is cloned would have the same DNA and genetic structure making their immune system same, this implies that the population would be weak to a particular disease. Once the disease affects the original animal, all the cloned animals will also suffer and this may lead to the extinction of the species. For example when a country has a large number of identical cloned cows, a certain virus such as a pressure of mad cow disease could have impact on the whole cloned population which will lead to food shortage in the country due to the decrease in cow produce.Biotechnology poses some of the environmental threats such as genetically modified crops or plants frequently infect butterflies and other insect species. According to Krimsky and Wrubel (2014), genetic engineering has gone beyond boundaries of reproduction by combining genes of different species that are not related. Reproduction between species with different geneswill lead to hazardous outcome, more so it will increase the risk of harming other species.The silver nano particles that are used as the anti- microbial agents may damage the important microbes that are in the environment. Materials that enter the bottom of a food chain have the habit or characteristics of the organism that are sufficient in the food chain.3.Describe the critical social elements of this global sustainability issueNano contains certain particles that can destroy the lung tissues and cause chronic breathing problems when people breathe in the particles. There are some of these particles that can find a way into bloodstream from the lungs and from the blood flow system and enter the brain. Exposure to a lot of Nano-particles can lead to brain disorder (Adams& at el, 2013). Also the amount of Nano-particles entering the human body will cause a lot of damage I the immune
Cloning, Biotechnology And Nanotechnology4system. The Nano-particles present in the human body will cause body alteration thus causing gene mutation, this is because the Nano-particles will bond with the DNA of a person and deform its structure.Biotechnology causes threat to the health of human beings, this happens when the geneticmaterials from different viruses are used in the production of transgenic crops, the virus genes and the crops genes will combine to produce hazardous viruses (Ammann, 2005). The consumption of such crop can be dangerous to human health and can lead to loss of lives, cancer and malignant.The main disadvantage of cloning is that it is unnatural by all the necessary means. Human beings are experiencing the negative outcomes for interfering with nature in form of hazardous climate change, pollution and health issues (Brown, 2016). Taking part in creation or reproduction of an organism without knowing the final outcome can be dangerous to the life of human beings and to all mankind at large. According to 90% attempts of human cloning has failed, this implies that currently scientist do not possess the required technology relating to cloning. Therefore an experiment conducted to produce human species without sure final outcome can be very dangerous to humankind. 4.Describe the key economic elements of this global sustainability issue Cloning is a very expensive procedure that needs high and better technology. Developed countries are the only one that can afford the cloning process and this heightens inequality and
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