CON: The risks of Genetically Engineered foods are too great to be used

Genetically engineered foods can have a negative influence on the environment. These impacts can be long-term affects on other crops or species and the environment. Many GM foods have been engineered to produce their own pesticide, however, this food can harm other harmless insects that are not pests for that plant. For example, monarch butterflies and caterpillars have died after coming in contact with pollen from genetically engineered corn. Another threat to the environment is that genes that have been put into crops could spread to wild relatives of those crops. This can create unintended result and potentially create herbicide-resistant weeds or "super weeds" that can't be controlled. The reason GM foods are such an environmental threat is because they are living organisms and once they get out into the environment, they cannot be recalled, which causes an unlimited amount of environmental surprises. Also, there have been tests done which prove that certain GM foods can have effects on the brain and human organs. Many scientists say that the risk is too great to rely solely on these foods because, all though we may not see many detrimental affects now, side affects in the future can be life-threatening. Also, in order to change genes and make a food more nutrients, scientist have to change the proteins of foods. Because proteins often cause allergic reactions, changing proteins can elicit a harmful allergen to many people that wouldn't have been in the food before.