Environmental impacts of genetic engineering

The introduction of genetically engineered organisms into complex ecosystems is a global experiment with unpredictable and irreversible consequences. Genetic pollution may be passed on to all future generations of life.

1. Continued industrialisation of agriculture

2. Genetic pollution

3. Insect-resistant crops

4. Impacts upon biodiversity

5. Genetic instability and crop failures

6. Genetic engineering and world hunger

Texts written by Luke Anderson,
author of "Genetic engineering, food and our environment", Green Bcooks, Totnes 1999