What is genetically modified food? What's the harm?

Since the advent of genetically modified food, its safety has been concerned by the general public, and even many organizations will attribute cancer, tumor, infertility, decreased immunity, fetal malformation and other problems to genetically modified food. So what is genetically modified food? What's the harm?

What is genetically modified food?

Genetically modified food refers to the use of genetic engineering technology (transgenic technology) to insert specific (non-homologous) foreign genes into the species genome, including genetically modified plant food, genetically modified animal food and genetically modified microbial food. The purpose of transgenic is to transform the genetic material of organisms to the desired goal in terms of traits, nutritional quality, consumption quality and so on. There are 27 kinds of GM crops approved in the world, the most important of which are soybean, corn, cotton and rape.

What is the harm of genetically modified food?

1. Led to a decline in crop yields: some genetically modified wheat or vegetables grew well at the beginning of planting, but with the passage of time, crop yields began to decline sharply, and even died in a large area, seriously affecting the income of farmers and the grain output of our country.

two。 Cause infertility and even death of livestock: the genetic sequence of genetically modified food has been changed, which will slowly cause infertility after the animal is eaten, and in serious cases, it will lead to nausea, vomiting and even death.

3. Destroy the ecological environment: once genetically modified food is eaten by natural animals, it will cause some animals to become extinct for a long time, and then destroy the balance of the ecological environment and affect the whole ecological environment.

4. Affect the function of the human body: genetically modified foods can cause harm not only to animals, but also to humans. When humans eat too much genetically modified food, there will be nausea, vomiting, low spirits and other symptoms, and serious shock will occur.

5. Cause panic: genetically modified food has a certain harm, people who have eaten genetically modified food will panic, which will turn into social unrest.

Genetically modified food is harmful to a certain extent, so it is not recommended to buy genetically modified food to eat. It is best to buy green and safe vegetables.