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Do the Benefits of Genetic Engineering Outweigh any Potential Hazards?
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Do the Benefits of Genetic Engineering Outweigh any Potential Hazards? Genetic engineering is an umbrella term which can cover a wide range of ways of changing the genetic material - the DNA code - in a living organism. Individual genes are particular sections of this chain, spaced out along it, which determine the characteristics and functions of our body. Defects of individual genes can cause a malfunction in the metabolism of the body, and are the roots of many "genetic" diseases. In commercial terms the reason for using genetically modified plants is simple- money. Today's economic world is driven by the quest for bigger profits, lower production costs and lower production time, all to which genetic engineering provides a positive answer. Wheale, P(1988) Other benefits also seem to exist. A plant programmed with resistance to locusts needs no pesticide against locusts. Some would hail this as wonderful because money is saved, as...
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