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    The Impact of GMOs On Biodiversity Is Widely Debated

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    According to pro-GMO researchers, genetically modified crops that are resistant to pests can reduce the need for insecticides, allowing local wildlife like birds and insects to survive. However, GMO skeptics argue that the widespread use of uniform GM crop varieties has led to a loss of 75% of plant genetic diversity and could potentially contaminate non-GM crops. There are also concerns that GM crops could harm non-pest insect species through gene transfer if insects carry GM pollen to other plants and organisms. The long-term impacts of this potential gene flow are still unknown.

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    According to pro-GMO researchers, genetically modified crops that are resistant to pests can reduce the need for insecticides, allowing local wildlife like birds and insects to survive. However, GMO skeptics argue that the widespread use of uniform GM crop varieties has led to a loss of 75% of plant genetic diversity and could potentially contaminate non-GM crops. There are also concerns that GM crops could harm non-pest insect species through gene transfer if insects carry GM pollen to other plants and organisms. The long-term impacts of this potential gene flow are still unknown.

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    According to pro-GMO researchers, genetically modified crops that are resistant to pests can reduce the need for insecticides, allowing local wildlife like birds and insects to survive. However, GMO skeptics argue that the widespread use of uniform GM crop varieties has led to a loss of 75% of plant genetic diversity and could potentially contaminate non-GM crops. There are also concerns that GM crops could harm non-pest insect species through gene transfer if insects carry GM pollen to other plants and organisms. The long-term impacts of this potential gene flow are still unknown.

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    The Impact of GMOs On Biodiversity Is Widely Debated

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    According to pro-GMO researchers, genetically modified crops that are resistant to pests can reduce the need for insecticides, allowing local wildlife like birds and insects to survive. However, GMO skeptics argue that the widespread use of uniform GM crop varieties has led to a loss of 75% of plant genetic diversity and could potentially contaminate non-GM crops. There are also concerns that GM crops could harm non-pest insect species through gene transfer if insects carry GM pollen to other plants and organisms. The long-term impacts of this potential gene flow are still unknown.

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    The impact of GMOs on

    biodiversity is widely debated.


    - [ ] According to pro-GMO researchers,
    farmers can use fewer insecticides if crops
    are genetically modified for pest resistance.
    - This will allow the local fauna, including
    birds, rodents, and insects, to survive.
    Scaled-back insecticide use allowed by
    GMOns does not suppress secondary pests
    that would have been eradicated with
    extensive insecticide treatment. The birds
    and rodents that prey on the secondary
    pests are still able to survive because these
    secondary pests are still present. Arid or
    flood-prone ground can also be exploited
    for crop cultivation thanks to the
    development of drought- and flood-
    resistant cultivars. As a result, less land with
    a high biodiversity needs to be transformed
    for cultivation. –
    [ ] On the other side of the debate, GMO
    skeptics have argued that up to 75% of plant
    genetic diversity has been lost since farmers
    switched to uniform GM crop varieties. –
    According to this perspective, less common
    non-GM seed kinds are being overlooked.
    Furthermore, extensively utilized GM crop
    varieties may spread to nearby farms and
    eventually contaminate non-GM crops. A
    farmer who wants to continue using non-
    GM seed varieties or who wants to keep his
    crops organic must take potentially
    expensive precautions to prevent
    contamination or cross-pollination with his
    neighbor's GM crops. Additionally, it has
    been suggested that the excessive
    popularity of some M crops may increase
    their vulnerability to pests and illnesses.
    Pests could develop to specifically target
    overgrown monocultures of popular crop
    kinds. Moreover, it has been argued that
    the evolution of glyphosate-resistant weeds
    has required farmers to make ever greater
    use of glyphosate, the toxicity of which
    poses dangers for human health.

    - [ ] It has been hypothesized that GM crops


    can harm insect species that are not pests. –
    - Insects that feed on GM crops will carry
    GM pollen, which may prove toxic in the
    long term and result in depletion or even
    extinction of insect populations. The genetic
    integrity of any plant or insect that lives in
    close proximity to GM crops can be
    compromised because gene transfer from
    one organism to another can occur, and
    such genes may pose unanticipated risks.
    GM traits have been found transferred to
    insects, water life and soil. And that is all for
    our report. This is Group 2, thank you for
    listening.
    L /. Ll .l

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    nd that is all for our report. This is Group 2, thank you for listening.

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