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Little knowledge is a dangerous thing. GMF should not be grown and needless to say should not be consumed. Scientists are unable to say how the genetically modified food will effect the constitution of an individual. I'm a firm believer in the so called 'nature of things' . We are told that GM crops will help feed the world's poor but according to the United Nations, we already produce more than enough food to satisfy everyone. And even though consumers have rejected GM foods outright, the biotech companies and the governments that support them are still trying to force their inventions on us, purely for commercial gain. But the long term effects of GM crops have not been properly researched and, by cross-pollinating with non-GM crops and wild plants, they replicate themselves and contaminate the environment with genetic pollution that is impossible to clean up.

The simple truth is, we don't need GM technology. Using sustainable and organic farming methods will allow us to repair the damage done by industrial farming, reducing the excessive use of fertiliser, herbicides and other man-made chemicals, and making GM crops redundant.Nature is the best teacher and the creation of a particular crop say with 10-20 kernels is with a reason, and if we meddle in and take over Nature's business of creation and create some thing different say 50-60 kernels and think that that would not have any other unknown impact, then in years to come , we would be proved wrong.
GM crops also have a very adverse effect on the gene pool, when a GM seed is introduced , which is resistant to a disease A, it effects the pure gene in the gene pool, in a few generations time, resulting in a situation where we will not have the pure form any more.This will effect the indigenous population of that crop. The result would be another crop which would be resistant to a less occurring disease, but susceptible to a common disease.
Once GM crops are planted, cross-pollination means other crops often become contaminated and GM material ends up in the food chain. Contamination scandals are now commonplace, often originating from farm trials in which the GM crops are unapproved for human consumption.
GM organisms are also serious threat to biodiversity. Designed to grow faster and stronger, they out-compete native varieties and, again, cross-pollination (which its supporters insisted was impossible) could result in their genetic material spreading far and wide, potentially altering entire species.

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