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I really loved your description of GMO, very detailed, not too lengthy! I do recommend that when you give the definition you should use an in-text citation to give credit to your source!

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According to Alon Mwesigwa, Scientists have modified bananas to up their vitamin A levels, something that will save millions of people from dying or going blind from lack of vitamin A.

They are using a technique altering the existing banana DNA.

"Good science can make a massive difference here by enriching staple crops such as Ugandan bananas with pro-vitamin A and providing poor and subsistence-farming populations with nutritionally rewarding food," said project leader Professor James Dale.

Scientists in Australia have created golden-orange-fleshed bananas rich in pro-vitamin A that could save lots of lives.

These bananas are developed by taking genes from a species of banana from Papua New Guinea, which is high in provitamin A but only produces small bunches, and combined it with a Cavendish banana, the species most people are familiar with.

(The Guardian, Guardian News and Media)

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Nowadays genetically modified crops are grown in 26 nations around the world. However, a majority of European Union nations decide to ban GMOs. Most of the places were GMO is forbidden still allow GMO products, like animal feed to be imported. And other countries like China, Japan and Canada, restrict GMO products, until they pass regulatory standards.

(“Where Are GMOs Grown and Banned?)

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A GMO, or genetically modified organism, is a plant, animal, microorganism or other organism whose genes has been modified in a laboratory. Scientists remove one or more genes from the DNA of another organism, such as a bacterium, virus, animal, or plant and combine them into the DNA of the plant they want to alter. This creates combinations of plant, animal, bacterial and virus genes that do not occur in nature.

By adding these new genes, the plant will express the traits associated with the genes. For example, you can apply genes that express a protein that kills insects.

(” The Organic & Non-GMO Report")

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GMO plants are changed in different ways to be insect resistant, virus resistant… That can cause several environmental problems.

First of all, GMOs can be toxic for some animals and insects like bees or butterflies. They are important in the pollination of crops so we can't take the risk of killing them.

Also, GMO will not always be effective, but their toxic legacies will remain.

Another problem, could be the modified plants, they can become invasive species in some natural ecosystems. They can become persistent and weedy in agricultural conditions.

Lastly, GMO put at risk all ecosystems and biodiversity. The nature of GMOs will cause fewer weed flowers and less nectar for pollinators.

In addition, it can carrie problems into water sources and into the air. This exposes different bacteria, insects, and animals to the same factors.

(“The Environmental Impact of GMOs.” One Green Planet)

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“GMO Risks.” GMO Awareness, 14 Oct. 2015, gmo-awareness.com/all-about-gmos/gmo-risks/.

“Vitamin-A Rich GMO Banana, Which Could Fight Malnutrition in Africa, Ready for Field Trials.” Genetic Literacy Project, Genetic Literacy Project, 12 Jan. 2018, geneticliteracyproject.org/2017/07/10/vitamin-rich-gmo-banana-save-millions-lives-africa-ready-field-trials/.

Mwesigwa, Alon. “Can a GM Banana Solve Uganda's Hunger Crisis? | Alon Mwesigwa.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 12 Dec. 2017, www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/dec/12/gm-genetically-modified-banana-uganda-hunger-crisis.

“GMO Bananas Enriched with Vitamin A to Benefit Millions in Africa Set for Human Trials in US.” Genetic Literacy Project, Genetic Literacy Project, 12 Jan. 2018, geneticliteracyproject.org/2014/06/17/gmo-bananas-enriched-with-vitamin-a-to-benefit-millions-in-africa-set-for-human-trials-in-us/.

“What Is Non-GMO? What Are Genetically Modified Foods?” The Organic & Non-GMO Report, non-gmoreport.com/what-is-non-gmo-what-are-genetically-modified-foods/.

“Where Are GMOs Grown and Banned? #GMOFAQ.” GMO FAQ, gmo.geneticliteracyproject.org/FAQ/where-are-gmos-grown-and-banned/.

“The Environmental Impact of GMOs.” One Green Planet, 19 Feb. 2018, www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/the-environmental-impact-of-gmos/.

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-One of the major problems with GM crops is that it's so difficult to get rid of. Scientists have yet to figure out a way to control cross-pollination.

-Insects are becoming resistant to crops that have been genetically modified to produce their own insecticides.

Studies found that more than the 1/3 of the major pest species had become immune to GMO corn and cotton.

-The center for food safety states the environmental impacts of GMO will include an uncontrolled biological pollution, threatening numerous microbial, plant and animal species with extinction, and a potential contamination of all non-genetically engineered life forms.

(“GMO Risks.” GMO Awareness)

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I like the piece of evidence you have chosen because it comes from a reliable source, but again cite your source so we know where you got the information from. Really good analysis of what the Professor had stated