Environmental issues affecting GM food?

Would environmental issues such as weather, seasons and land problem have an negative impact on the farming and harvesting of Genetically Modified food? Please provide source of answer, thanks!Environmental issues affecting GM food?The problems are:

1) GM crops are not so genetically diverse as normal crops and cannot respond to environmental adversity as well as natural crops.

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2) Biotech companies have been using their political muscle to force farmers to only grow their crops making the overall food supply vulnerable to environmental disaster.

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In simple terms, diversity in genetics and crops provide some safety against environmental stress. This is not something that began with GM crops.

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Similar trends that caused the Potato Famine in Ireland can be seen in many countries like Cambodia.

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3) Instead of using science to benefit society, biotech firms have used science to control the food supply in ways such as making certain that the seeds produced will be worthless in producing another crop. They even went so far as to create a crop failure to demonstrate to all what happens if they do not purchase new seeds. Alternatively, if there was no conspiracy theory, then the production of seeds is so precarious, that no nation should ever depend on GM seeds for their food.

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4) Is there adequate testing for the safety of those who would eat GM foods?

http://www.blacklistednews.com/view.asp?鈥?/a>Environmental issues affecting GM food?As opposed to to non GM crops. Does the weather dramatically affect all farming? Yes it does. Are there specific GM crops that deal with adverse weather better. I have never heard of them. They are generally specific strains so they are aren't going to be ideal for all environments. India tried out a strain that didn't do well there. That is because the strain of cotton wasn't ideal for the climate. They could obviously fix that by adding more strains of cottons with the modifications. Some add vitamins or increase the amount of certain vitamins but most of them add a pesticide or they add herbicide resistance so they can weed them using herbicide. The pesticide resistance has some connection with climate since insects are susceptible to variations.



The main problem that I could think of is the small number of strains that might make it harder for marginal or unusual climates to find a suitable strain with the correct genetic modifications. A bit of selective breeding would fix that shortfall in a few generations, I would think. Monsanto or the company that owned the GM patent would own the hybrids as well and might not allow it?