Hello everyone!

Today, I’m going to talk about of Genetic Modified Organisms.

When we speak of genetically modified organisms, we are speaking of transgenic. In simple words, a transgenic is any living organism that possesses a combination of genetic material obtained through the use of modern biotechnologies.

The modified organisms are used in different areas, being its main objective to improve the physiological and morphological characteristics of a species, for example, resistance to frost. In some areas where are used the transgenics are in the area alimentary and in the agricultural.

In the forestry sector, is not used much this concept, in this case we speak of “genetic improvement” and not of transgenics.

I think that transgenics can be harmful to health, because genetic material of a bacterium is entering in the genome the fruits and vegetables, that can to produce a negative impact in the healthy. On the other hand, in the agriculture sector, the people want improving effectiveness of herbicides, but the people do not think that plants also produce resistance, producing that the doses increases when are applied, which will not be good for the ecosystem.

Finally, in the forestry sector, what you want is to improve the resistance of plants, the form of the trees, which are generally not actions harmful to the ecosystem.

The truth is that I do not agree with the use of genetic modified organisms, but are unfortunately more common than we think.

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