Topic > The Pros and Risks of GMO Foods - 1268

Genome contamination is an indisputable by-product of GMO foods. Seeds of Death provides a chilling example of this as it discusses how fields within a five hundred mile radius of a GM field are at risk of being contaminated. This genome contamination can spread and drastically reduce biodiversity, which represents an extremely dangerous risk. For example, the Gros Michel banana was once the staple American banana that disappeared because it was attacked by a strain of Panama disease and had little genetic diversity to combat the pathogen (Green). Another proven genetic risk of GMOs is the alteration of the genome of humans and animals through consumption. However, this has largely been debunked as prestigious organizations such as Harvard found that “GMO DNA was completely indistinguishable