... staggering, resulting in devastating financial loss for farmers and starvation in developing countries. 2. Herbicide tolerance: Crop plants genetically-engineered to be resistant to one very powerful herbicide could help prevent environmental damage by reducing the amount of herbicides needed. 3. Disease resistance: There are many viruses, fungi and bacteria that cause plant diseases. Plant biologists are working to create plants with genetically ... to be a problem in all parts of the world. Plants such as poplar trees have been genetically engineered to clean up heavy metal pollution ...

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... life nowadays. The destruction and weakening of the ozone is a major ecological problem that is part of the reason for the growing number of cancer cases. The many forms of pollution are also wreaking havoc on our health as well as affecting animal's health. There have been many cases of deformed frog with three eyes, six legs, etc, and breathing in ... smog daily must have adverse affects on the people who live in big cities. The environmental crises can be summed up into eight basic parts. We are facing global warming due to the burning of fossil fuel, leveling rainforests and filling...

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