Risks & Benefits

Benefits (Pros)

• Cost efficient (Gives same features that supplements provide, at a lower price.)
• Environmentally friendly (The pigs are able to digest more phosphorous which leads to the contamination of water bodies and pollution in general.)
• As of 2009  the risk assessment conducted by Environment Canada and Health Canada concluded that the EnviroPig does not cause harm to the Canadian environment or human health.
• Some results showed that multiple enviropigs were healthier than conventionally raised pigs.
• All test and experiments were inline and followed the guidelines of the Canadian Council on Animal Care as well as the Canadian Code of Practice.

 Risks (Cons)

• There maybe long term risks that haven't been discovered yet
• Majority of the public is uncomfortable with consuming GMO
• The pigs will cost more than conventional Yorkshire pigs
• Funding has been denied by Ontario pork farmers who don't want the public to associate their pigs and farms with GMOs.