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jazzy asked in Science & MathematicsBiology · 1 decade ago

do u think biotechnology is a boon or sin? and Why?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    It depends on YOU actually.

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    POSITIVE:

    *Improve yield from crops

    *Reduced vulnerability of crops to environmental stresses

    *Increased nutritional qualities of food crops

    *Improved taste, texture or appearance of food

    *Reduced dependence on fertilizers, pesticides and other agrochemicals

    *Production of novel substances in crop plants

    NEGATIVE:

    *increased herbicide usage and resultant herbicide resistance, "super weeds," residues on and in food crops

    *genetic contamination of non-GM crops which hurt organic and conventional farmers

    *damage to wildlife from glyphosate

    *mass suicides in India

    *corruptioN

    *rampant monopolism

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Biotechnology is one of the biggest boons of the 21st century. We have left the times when it was sufficient to build a machine to do whatever you wanted to do; now we turn to organisms to help us solve problems we otherwise wouldn't be able to solve.

    One of the biggest things in biotechnology is genetic engineering. Here, usually single-celled organisms are genetically engineered to produce medicines or other useful chemicals that would otherwise be way too complicated to produce cheaply using standard manufacturing techniques. It is easy and cheap: suppose you need a specific kind of medicine in large quantities that is much too costly to make by hand. Instead, you take a large vat filled with genetically-engineered microorganisms, feed them some sugar, water and other easy-to-get nutrients, and presto! You have your medicine, at no more cost than it took to get that water and sugar.

  • 5 years ago

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