Are transgenic plants safe?
History of gene-modified organisms has begun in 1977 when discovery of soil microorganism of Agrobacterium tumefaciens by means of which introduction of foreign genes to other plants became possible has been made. GMOs are gene-modified organisms (bacteria, plants, animal) which for improvement of their useful qualities foreign genes are built in. In agriculture and the food industry GMO are meant only as the organisms modified by entering into their genome of one or several transgenes. Now there are genetically modified analogs practically to any agricultural products: grains, vegetables, fruit, berries and also meat. The purpose of creation of GMO is the satisfaction of constantly increasing population of the planet in food. Merits of GMO: transgenic plants are more profitable, than traditional plants, they give higher productivity, are resistant to vagaries of the weather, to herbicides, diseases and wreckers, do not spoil at storage. to read further http://chemanalytica.org
