Is+biotechnology+making+life+better?

Biotechnology is when you manipulate living things or factors to make something of use out of it. It is the application of new technology to biological systems or organism to make or change products or processes. With the daily progress of biotechnology through out the world it has been solving many problems and continues to find new solutions for global issues but also had some downsides to it.. Biotechnology has helped make life easier by finding cures to diseases, finding better ways to obtain energy, finding new, better ways to grow food and various other ways. Although it has done many good things for us it has also done bad things too for example, the pollution of the air and contamination of the food people consume.

Pros:

Environmental : With biotechnology we have been able to discover new ways to obtain energy, fuels and many other things without harming the environment as much. For example, they have found a way to make algae into fuel for cars. This is a very eco friendly way to obtain oil because it does not harm the environment like using regular oil would.

Social: Biotechnology has helped discover many cures for diseases. For example the development of the first rabies vaccine in 1885 is a perfect example of this.

Economy: Another example is the progression of crop growing. With biotechnology they have been able to find new ways to grow bigger, tastier, and better food for people to consume. With this they were able to grow more crop there for being able to sell more and therefore making more money and improving the economy. It has also helped improve our economy because

Cons:

Environmental: Biotechnology has done much harm to our environment. For example when they started making modifications to fruits and vegetable many people got sick due to the diseases the food had caught.