Genetically Modified Microorganisms Can Collapse Ecosystems — But With Little or No Regulation, Anyone Can Create Them

by Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D.

Governments urgently need to regulate genetically modified microorganisms (GMMs), according to a group of doctors and activists who published a peer-reviewed report in Microorganisms.

Thanks to low-cost gene-editing equipment, high school students and home hobbyists can easily create and release GMMs into the environment. For example, Amazon sells a DIY Bacterial Genome Engineering CRISPR Kit for $129.

Additionally, there’s “a new wave of companies seeking to create solutions with GMMs,” the authors wrote in their report, published Feb. 13…

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