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Biotechnology
Benefits:
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Better tasting fruits and vegetables
Fruits and vegetables retain their flavor and texture longer
Fruits, vegetables, grains or oils are enhanced with health
Pants have built in pest resistance traits, so fewer pesticides and applied to fields
Rapid, sensitive, and accurate diagnostic kits to monitor for agricultural pests. Growers use this
information to reduce pesticide use and improve the timing of applications
Plants resistant to viruses, so less pesticides are needed to control the insects which transmit
the virus
Plants are more able to tolerate stressful conditions such as high or low temperatures, drought,
and high salts in soil or water
Vaccines for animals to protect against diseases otherwise not controllable
Why is it a Benefit?
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Biotechnology is a benefit to the environment because the foods are more natural, and grown
without and pesticides or harmful chemicals. These foods are healthier for humans as well as
the environment.