OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Question
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What would be a negative side of genetically modified foods?
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Lower cost of production.
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Long-term health effects, genes from plants may cross over into wild plants.
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Ability to produce more food in less time.
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Ability to grow more nutritious food in less time.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Genetic engineers can make deadly pathogens, such as Y. pestis, resistant to modern antibiotics, and these pathogens could kill innocent people if used as a weapon.
Detailed explanation-2: -No. Eating GM food will not affect a person’s genes. Most of the food we eat contains genes, although in cooked or processed foods, most of the DNA has been destroyed or degraded and the genes are fragmented. Our digestive system breaks them down without any effect on our genetic make-up.
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