Harm to Other Organisms
In an effort to improve the food supply to animals and humans, some researchers and scientists believe that short cuts may have been taken. According to a study published in “Nature” by John E. Losey, pollen from genetically altered corn caused high mortality rates in butterfly caterpillars. Toxins produced by the pollen of the genetically altered plants are designed to kill crop-damaging insects. Unfortunately, it also kills other harmless insects that play an important role in ecology. The long term effects of killing mass numbers of harmless insects cannot yet be determined.