Genetic modification food
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This document provides information on genetically modified foods and Monsanto's research. It summarizes mouse and hamster studies on GM corn and soy that found smaller litters and higher mortality. It also notes potential health issues with GM rice, tomatoes, and dairy products related to allergies, early death, and cancer. The document includes screenshots of a YouTube video on health dangers of GM foods and references regulations in Malaysia requiring GM labeling to increase consumer choice and understanding.
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- 1. HELLO !!! MY NAME IS MOHD SHAHMIR ZAINON 2010130137
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- 46. Islam too forbids eating of pork, and Islamic scholars have also raised concern about the theoretical production of foods with genes from pigs.
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- 53. Genetically modified food controversies
- 54. RESEARCH BY Monsanto (American multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation headquartered in Creve Coeur, Missouri.)
- 55. Corn
- 56. Monsanto has revealed that half of the US’s sweet corn farms are planted with genetically modified seed. Mice fed smaller with GM corn were discovered to have offspring and fertility problems.
- 57. Soy
- 58. Hamsters fed with GM soy were unable to have offspring and suffered a high mortality rate.
- 59. Rice
- 60. China Daily, an online journal, reported potential serious public health and environment problems with genetically modified rice considering its tendency to cause allergic reactions with the concurrent possibility of gene transfers.
- 61. Tomatoes
- 62. In a test conducted to determine the safety of GM tomatoes, some animal subjects died within a few weeks after consuming GM tomatoes
- 63. Dairy products
- 64. Milk from cows contains increased levels of IGF-1 (insulin growth factors-1). Humans also have IGF-1 in their system. Scientists have expressed concerns that increased levels of IGF-1 in humans have been associated with colon and breast cancer.
- 65. PRINTSCREEN (gif.) OF “The Health Dangers of Genetically Modified Foods” pt. 1 – 6 on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94d-KVorSHM
- 69. As of June 14, 2010, new regulations regarding the labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food have been enacted in Malaysia through
- 73. Malaysian signed the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) on May 24, 2000
- 76. under Section 61, which states that
- 79. The objective of implementing mandatory GMO labeling is to provide consumers with additional information and increase consumer choice.
- 81. Malaysian consumers maybe know about the existence of the GMF but do not have enough understanding of the underlying concept, which might be influencing their purchasing intentions regarding GMF.
- 82. As Malaysian consumers are found to show greater concerns for the risks attached with the GM food, it is suggested that more efforts should be laid by the policymakers from government and industry to increase knowledge about benefits of GM food.
- 83. This increased knowledge is a key to help lower the consumers‟ perception level of risks and lever the perceived quality in turn (Klerck & Sweeney, 2007; Linh, 2009).
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