PRO: The benefits of Genetically Engineered foods greatly outweigh the risks and should be relied on

Before genetically modified foods, new and possibly needed genes could only be produced through cross-breeding. However this was a time-consuming and inexact process of cross-breeding species that had to be pretty closely related. However, years of this were needed to eliminate unwanted genes and to uncover the needed ones. Now, with genetic modification of foods, this process is a lot more efficient and more precise. Biologists can take a single gene from any organism and splice it into the DNA of another, whether it be a fish gene into a strawberry or a frog gene into a tomato. In this way, biologists can choose genes to splice into their crop that can make them pesticide or herbicide-resistant, frost resistant, or even enable them to produce more nutrients in a lot less time than it would take to cross-breed and get that same result. This ultimately creates a larger yield and a more reliable food source. With a continuous food supply, we are able to provide food for third world countries and save many families from malnutrition and blindness caused by hunger and poverty. Also, GM foods can produce medical needs that are not able to be made by any other means and can save lives from being taken by life-threatening diseases. Genetically modified foods are even good for the environment. With pesticide-resistant genes, less pesticides have to be used on those crops, and therefore less earth deterioration because farmers do not have to till the soil as often.