HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Ethical concerns with cloning humans.
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Health concerns about eating genetically modified foods.
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Concerns that we will harvest too much food for the global population.
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Environmental concerns of releasing genetically modified organisms into an ecosystem.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Biotechnology is a constantly evolving field of science. Although it has many benefits-including lowering our environmental footprint, and helping treat disease and illness-it doesn’t come without its disadvantages. The four main concerns revolve around ethical, safety, bioterrorism and environmental issues.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ethical issues that arise from modern biotechnologies include the availability and use of privileged information, potential for ecological harm, access to new drugs and treatments, and the idea of interfering with nature.
Detailed explanation-3: -Today, the five branches into which modern biotechnology is divided-human, environmental, industrial, animal and plant-help us fight hunger and disease, produce more safely, cleanly and efficiently, reduce our ecological footprint and save energy.
Detailed explanation-4: -Genetically modified crops in agriculture. Harm to the environment. Bioterrorism. Healthcare issues.