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The increasingly widespread cultivation of genetically modified crops (abbreviated as GM crops) has led to mounting concern over its environmental impacts. Research in the field of genetic engineering has so far succeeded in identifying the harms that GM crops pose on other organisms in the ecosystem, especially on non-GM crops. However, the literature has not yet fully explored the multifaceted causes of these environmental damages, nor the overreaching impacts that GM crop cultivation has on other ecosystems. Such uncertainty in the discussion has led to a lack of consensus on how restrictive the government should be on GM crop cultivation and whether GM crops will ultimately have a net positive or negative effect on the world. This study serves to bring more clarity to the discussion in two ways: first, by revealing one of the fundamental reasons GM crops harm other organisms in their ecosystem, and second, by establishing an unprecedented correlation between GM crop cultivation and water contamination. Through a series of eight comprehensive experiments involving the comparison of GM and non-GM soybeans, the inoculation of Nutrient Agar and Nutrient Broth culture mediums, and water quality tests, the study proves that GM crop cultivation leads to a significant reduction in the number of soil bacteria, which diminishes the soil’s decomposition capacity and leads to extremely high levels of nitrogen in the soil. The study also demonstrates that when the soil enters groundwater or nearby rivers through soil run-off, the excessive levels of nitrogen in the soil lead to eutrophication and red tides, ultimately causing severe water contamination. By demonstrating how GM crop cultivation poses significant threats to nearby aquatic ecosystems, the study aims to warn policymakers worldwide of these dangers and to encourage scientists to re-engineer GM crop seeds to minimize the negative impacts on other organisms and the aquatic ecosystem. Until then, the safest and most responsible way to deal with the situation would be to curtail the cultivation of GM crops to preserve the quality and purity of the soil and water.

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ABSTRACT
 1. INTRODUCTION
 2. MATERIALS & METHODS
  2.1 Comparison of growth between GM and non-GM beans in fertile soil
  2.2 Comparison of growth between cabbages cultivated in GM and non-GM bean’s soil
  2.3 Impact of GM and non-GM beans’ protein extractions on the growth of cabbage
  2.4 Growth and variety comparison of soil bacteria in GM and non-GM beans’ soils
  2.5 Comparison of E. coli proliferation rate in soils of GM and non-GM beans
  2.6 Impact of GM and non-GM bean cultivation on soil’s decomposition capacity
  2.7 Effects of GM and non-GM beans’ soils on the growth of phytoplankton
  2.8 Effect that introduction of GM beans soil to water has on water quality
 3. RESULTS & DISCUSSION
  3.1 Comparison of growth between GM and non-GM beans in fertile soil
  3.2 Comparison of growth between cabbages cultivated in GM and non-GM bean’s soil
  3.3 Impact of GM and non-GM beans’ protein extractions on the growth of cabbage
  3.4 Growth and variety comparison of soil bacteria in GM and non-GM beans’ soils
  3.5 Comparison of E. coli proliferation rate between soils of GM and non-GM beans
  3.6 Impact of GM and non-GM bean cultivation on soil’s decomposition capacity
  3.7 Effects of GM and non-GM beans’ soils on the growth of phytoplankton
  3.8 Effect that introduction of GM beans soil to water has on water quality
 4. CONCLUSION
 5. REFERENCES

저자

• Young Suk SONG [ Seoul International School, 15, Seongnam-daero 1518beon-gil, Sujeong-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do 461-830, Republic of Korea ] Corresponding author

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• 간행물명

  APEC Youth Scientist Journal [APEC 청소년 과학학술지]

• 간기

  반년간

• pISSN

  2005-5625

• 수록기간

  2009~2022

• 십진분류

  KDC 405 DDC 505