We understand that the technology is still very new and more testing will continue. As long as we don’t become a completely GM foods based culture we think GM foods is a good idea. We support genetically modified foods because of the benefits they will provide us in the future. Genetically modified foods will allow us to produce more using less space. This is very important when you consider our growing population. Also, the benefits for developing countries are too great to ignore. The ability to generate crops that can thrive in any climate and in any soil is incredibly valuable. This means that there would be more food in places where getting food was a problem before. This is not a solution to world hunger but it is the beginning to a solution.

1. Genetically Modified Food
By sreeremya

2. Genetically Modified Food

3. Basic Genetics
• Dominant & Recessive Genes
• Someone might express a dominant gene but
carry a recessive gene
• Recessive genes from both sides can appear in
subsequent generations
• Plants (or animals or people) can be modified
by selecting for desirable traits

4. •Ethical and moral issues
Immoral to play God with food
Vegetarians and religious groups
oppose because their foods may be
contaminated by foods they wouldn’t
normally eat.
•Imperfect technology
Technology is still so new and young.
Not all effects could have been tested yet
•Environmental issues
Environmental side effects are still unknown
Insects, birds and wind could distribute
genetically altered seeds all over.

5. •Increased consumption of pesticides
Because the pesticides are produced by the food they can not
be simply washed off as if they were just sprayed on.
•Lack of government control
Government control is run by industry people for industry people.
Nobody is looking out for the consumer.
Technology... is a queer thing.
It brings you great gifts with one hand,
and it stabs you in the back with the other.
~C.P. Snow, New York Times, 15 March 1971

6. We understand that the technology is still very new and
more testing will continue. As long as we don’t become a completely
GM foods based culture we think GM foods is a good idea. We
support genetically modified foods because of the benefits they will
provide us in the future.
Genetically modified foods will allow us to produce more
using less space. This is very important when you consider our
growing population.
Also, the benefits for developing countries are too great to
ignore.
The ability to generate crops that can thrive in any climate and in any
soil is
incredibly valuable. This means that there would be more food in
places
where getting food was a problem before. This is not a solution to
world
hunger but it is the beginning to a solution.

7. We are at a critical stage of development in terms of modification of genes.
Currently, there are four main ways to integrate new DNA into plants. These are
microinjection, agrobacterium tumefaciens, biolistic and electroporation. Each of these
methods has its pros and cons as well. As we continue to develop our technology and
further our knowledge of genes, we have to be aware of the effect that it will have on
our environment in the long run.
In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned
find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer
exists.
-Eric Hoffer

8. •Preservation of our gene pool – millions of species that would have
been lost are now reserved in labs.
•Profits for everyone – benefits for industries, developing countries,
developed countries, and the average person.
•Safety – safe because they are essentially the same as the originals.
•Increased nutrient intake – GM foods have an enhanced amount of
nutrients.