OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Question
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Mankind has used biotechnology in agriculture, food production, and medicine for thousands of years. As advances are made in biotechnology, it is important to make informed decisions in order to avoid the hazards associated with which of the following?
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Global warming
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Beach erosion
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Water pollution
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Dangerous organisms
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A valid concern is that insect pests could develop resistance to the insecticide which is embedded in the biotech crops. Hence, they could bypass the crop-protection features of those plants and be quite damaging.
Detailed explanation-2: -increasing the ability of the organism to establish and spread in the environment, potentially competing with native species and reducing native biodiversity. transfer of the introduced genetic material to another organism, which then causes environmental harms.
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