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Biotechnology (Cloning (Pros (Organisms with no sex cells can now produce…
Biotechnology
Cloning
Pros
Organisms with no sex cells can now produce with the help of cloning. Their children will also be genetically related since cloning uses DNA.
It can also give us the ability to get more desirable trait since in some cases organisms are exact copies. This can also help with genetics advancements in genetic research through better testing.
Cons
With people producing more desirable traits there will also be people who deliberately produce undesirable traits . This can cause and increase of illegal activities and crimes.
There are also many religious believes that it would be against God's wishes to clone humans, since they would be without a soul. Plus 95% of animal cloning has ended in failure since cloning is not the safest practice.
GMOs
Pros
GMO's can help humans over come starvation during a natural disaster. They contain traits that are engineered into them that help over come many obstacles.
Also help keep people healthy when modified to give certain vitamins or minerals. Can help farmers use the roundup chemical without killing their crops
Cons
Some genetically modified organisms contain many different plants or genes that can be harmful if no breaded correctly. Also many are suspicious of what goes into these products that are genetically modified
These organisms were first modified by many different electromagnetic waves that if exposed to to much can harm us. Safety is unknown and many citizens are choosing not to use GMO's
Artificial Selection
Pros
It can help gives us the most desired traits in organisms with a high chance of getting them and a more efficient rate. With the greater amount of desired traits then we will gain a greater profit from selling those products/ organisms.
Also with the better products will come the better animals that eats some of the breeder plants. They can become stronger, fast, and more fertile which can once again give farmer & companies more money
Cons
By encouraging certain traits we can lose the potential for other traits that we want later in the future. Quality of life is also reduced during Artificial selection when the gene pool between organisms is too similar.
We can unintentionally cause a mutation in certain organisms that may be harmful to humans. Its very similar to Newton's Third law, every action has an equal and opposite action that may be vary harmful.
Bioremediation
Pros
They can help clean up our water and help stop pollution. The do this but breaking down a wide spectrum of organic substances and absorb a wide range of inorganic substances. Helped clean over 1.7 million cubic meters of polluted soil from the 2012 Olympics location
This over comes many of the limiting factors that natural biostimulation has like temperature moisture and others. Can help reduce many different types of pollution in many different types of locations.
Cons
Its hard to predict how chemicals will react with the environment. Plus with the very different abiotic and biotic factors the will also change how the environment will react.
Some organisms also lack the factors that will help with the bioremediation. This could allow to the contamination to spread increasing the harm that could occur.