Risks and dangers of biotechnology: allergy, biopesticide, bioterrorism, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), pathogenicity of organisms, recombinant DNA technology, superweeds, transgenic organisms. Similarly, in the United States, farms represent less than 2 percent of all households, and the average consumer spends less than 12 percent of their income on food. In industrial countries, consumers can pay more for food, increase agricultural subsidies, and lose the opportunity to get better-tasting and better-looking food. Scientific basis for the risks associated with transgenic crops Environmental news on crops and soils, February 2000.
