“Genetically modified foods are a "Pandora's box" of known and unknown risks to humans and the environment. They were imposed on the American public by multinational biotechnology and agribusiness corporations without adequate oversight and regulation by the U.S. government (Driscoll, SallyMorley, David C). “Genetically modified foods are foods that have been chemically altered by scientists during the manufacturing process to give the food more nutrients, a better appearance, and a longer shelf life (Rich, Alex K.Warhol, Tom). The Importance of this problem is that these GMOs can actually have a negative effect on our society in general. It could mutate in a negative way and cause cancer or other diseases. Genetically modified foods should be strictly controlled due to its various harmful effects on the environment , on human health and potentially on insects/animals. Naturally people will oppose genetically modified foods because they are much more favorable in terms of quality and production potential. These foods are chemically designed to be high quality selected foods, the best of the better. Ismail Serageldin, speaking on behalf of the World Bank, called the use of GM crops “crucial” for developing countries in the twenty-first century. According to him, such crops "could be of enormous help in meeting the challenge of feeding an additional three billion human beings, 95% of them in poor developing countries, with the same amount of land and water currently available." He is right in his statement because it is true that these foods will be able to sustain people on this earth. But I mean, for how long? If we already have a lot of people and put more food on the planet, the number of people on earth will increase even faster! Then we find ourselves fifty years later with probably 15 billion people, with no space and potentially harmful food limitations. It will be the same situation we are in now, but worse! Genetically modified foods could cross-pollinate with other plants and create an entirely new species. Furthermore, there is a danger that weeds and insects resistant to biotechnology will develop. GMOs have the potential to alter ecosystems significantly. Companies are now engineering salmon, tilapia, carp and other fish to promote faster growth or to provide resistance to certain diseases. Aquaculture farms are found in oceans and other bodies of water and fish regularly escape the nets, ecologists fear that genetically modified fish could breed with natural fish.