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Two benefits of GMOs foods are:

  • Farmers do not have to be concerned about spraying herbicides on crops herbicide resistant crops. They just need to use the herbicide the crop is resistant to.
  • Less insecticide is used on Bt varieties of GM crops due to the crop plant itself creating an insecticide within, saving farmers expenses.

Twp drawbacks to GMO foods:

  • Large numbers of consumers do not want to eat foods containing GMOs, so they turned to organically-grown foods. Because of cross pollination with GMO crops while growing, even organic foods may contain small amounts of GMOs, so consumer choice is slowly being taken away.
  • The level set as safe by the EPA for herbicides used on herbicide resistant varieties may be raised as more and more herbicide is used on GMO crops. This has already been done in the case of glyphosate (the active ingredient in Round-up). Its use doubled, and the level considered safe by the FDA in human foods also doubled.
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