... engineered soy." Plants aren't a docile as we think. Even the simple tomato plant produces complex poisonous compounds. "Many plants, such as tomatoes and potatoes, make very complicated chemical compounds, including some that can be poisonous."" Genetically modified plants pose a risk to Nature as well. The monarch butterfly is one example "Recent studies by Cornell University and Iowa ... beings through runoff into water reservoirs. Biotechnologists may have a better solution: engineered corn that itself produces a natural pesticide. This eliminates the indiscriminate impact of spraying...

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... to use a large amount of pesticide. Most people would rather not eat foods that are sprayed with these dangerous chemicals. This is why it may be cheaper and safer to engineer a crop to be pest resistant. Such genes have been proven effective in resistance to plant diseases and cold. An antifreeze gene has been use to make plants such as potatoes ... sense have to be repeatedly sprayed to survive. One of the chemicals used is called Monitor. One farmer said he wouldn't go into a field sprayed with the chemical for at least 5 days. The chemical has been proven to cause damage do the huma...

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