While the benefits of genetic engineering may be far-reaching, the impacts are not entirely known. When genetically modified organisms are released into the environment, they cannot be removed, and it may take decades or centuries to fully realize the consequences. The impacts will affect the entire world, not only those people who create and release the organisms. Some people are so eager to proceed quickly and develop new potentially beneficial GMO’s that they do not stop to fully consider the impacts of their decisions. Researchers are too blinded by the opportunity for wealth that they cannot see the potential disastrous effects.