GMF 2 by https://padlet.com/koxley2/ooodae9014nt Ethical issues en-us 2017-07-31 02:34:37 UTC 2025-11-27 17:11:01 UTC hello@padlet.com Ethical Issues- Food web and risks: evansffn2018 https://padlet.com/koxley2/ooodae9014nt/wish/179741487 -Pesticides and Herbicides that are on any of the crops will kill or harm animals. 

-If an animal consumes the actual GM crop, the animal will become very sick or die. 

-If a specific animal usually ate a crop and a pesticide was being released, the animal would have to find a new food source which could harm them because they have to try out different sources, which could cause harm to the animal or therefore kill it. 

EXAMPLE: The Skylar bird ate seeds out of a particular weed, the weed is beginning to start producing pesticide so the bird has had to find a new food source. ]]> 2017-07-31 03:58:57 UTC https://padlet.com/koxley2/ooodae9014nt/wish/179741487 Biodiversity mitchellmj2018 https://padlet.com/koxley2/ooodae9014nt/wish/179741532 The act of genetically modifying foods can have negative impacts on biodiversity. 

Built in pest control, referring to the use of chemicals within the crops may negatively impact animals that it is not targeting, which consume it, and have detrimental effects on their health/well-being (possibly poisoning them).
 
GM crops can also harm biodiversity due to the mixture of genes which may not comply with a consumers health. For example when Monarch Butterflies feed on leaves covered in pollen from GM corn, their growth was slower and they were more likely to die.

Another impact GMF's can have on the biodiversity of surrounding animals is the development of new traits in an organism, this is called 'out'crossing'. It refers to the passing of traits to relatives in the wild, which may be altered in such a way that they now have a completely new role, or 'niche' in the ecosystem. This means they will be competing with the original organisms for resources and possibly not survive because of this. 




]]> 2017-07-31 04:00:08 UTC https://padlet.com/koxley2/ooodae9014nt/wish/179741532 Cross - Pollination donaldky2018 https://padlet.com/koxley2/ooodae9014nt/wish/179741918 - Cross - Pollination is defined as the transfer of pollen from the male reproductive organ of one plant to the female reproductive organ of another plant.
- Insects and wind are the main agents of cross pollination.
- The process of cross pollination includes;
1. Pollen from stamen sticks to a bee as it collects food.
2. The bee travels to another plant of the same kind.
3. The pollen from the bee sticks to to a pistil of another plant. 
- The advantages include;
1. Plants can reproduce.
2. ]]> 2017-07-31 04:05:46 UTC https://padlet.com/koxley2/ooodae9014nt/wish/179741918 Allergies and Disease williamsbj2018 https://padlet.com/koxley2/ooodae9014nt/wish/179900262 Allergies
One of the key ethical concerns with GM food is that the substances that are being put into the food may cause an allergic reaction for people consuming it. 
A gene may be extracted to make the food last longer or other reasons by the gene that has been extracted from an organism can cause allergies. Unknowingly a person may be exposed to an allergen and will result in them believing they are allergic to one thing when it may in fact be the implanted gene they are allergic to 
Disease
Another concern with GM foods is that the new DNA being implanted in the organism can cause new diseases to develop in the humans that are consuming the GM foods. Many crops of that are GM have antibiotic-resistant marker genes which can be carried by humans. The problem with this is humans can become resistant to antbiotics. ]]> 2017-08-02 00:13:55 UTC https://padlet.com/koxley2/ooodae9014nt/wish/179900262 Damage to Environment morgange2018 https://padlet.com/koxley2/ooodae9014nt/wish/179902561
There are a few negative affects of GMF on the environment including…

GMF can be used to kill pests but it can also kill off insects that are harmless and/or useful such as bees and butterflies. These are organisms that are vital to the environment and by using genetic modification they can be killed. 

It is also a threat to soil. The roots of the plants that have been genetically modified can affect the soil that they’re planted in. This could then affect other plants planted in the same soil or any plants planted in the soil in the future.

The genetic material can also be transferred in many different ways to other populations of organisms e.g. pollination, mixed mating. This then affects other organism that were not meant to be touched by different genetic material.

Also, by genetically modifying food we may be unknowingly negatively impacting the crop or animal. By changing one aspect of the organism to suit us we may also change something else accidentally that could kill them or the organisms around them. 
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