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Genetically modified food
A community portal about Genetically modified food with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: A genetically modified food is a product developed from a different genetically modified organism such as a crop plant, animal... [more]
A community portal about Genetically modified food with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: A genetically modified food is a product developed from a different genetically modified organism such as a crop plant, animal or microorganisms, such as snails. Genetically modified foods produced by genetic engineering have been available since the 1990s. The principal GM foods derived from plants are soybean, maize, canola, cocoa beans, and cotton seed oil.
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As the world's population rises, so does the demand for food. Breakthroughs in DNA research has made the impossible possible, and genetically modified (GM) food is the next frontier, or is it?Contributor: Conor FitzgeraldPublished: Dec 14, 2009
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The first group of genetically modified plant life was created in 1983, and a variety of genetically modified crops have since been fashioned with traits such as resistance to insects, herbicides and viruses...Contributor: Jacob AdlonPublished: Nov 22, 2009
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- Corn on the Car (memphisflyer.com)
- Letter to President of Kellogg's Co. -- Dangers of Genetically Modified Foods (associatedcontent.com)
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One advantage of genetic engineering, as illustrated in the next section, is that genes can be introduced that do not occur in the germplasm of the target species and its closely related wild relatives.
One advantage of genetic engineering, as illustrated in the next section, is that genes can be...
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The Ministry of Agriculture submitted a biosecurity bill to Parliament on Wednesday in a bid to set rules and regulations for genetically modified organisms (GMOs), which have caused nationwide controversy over the past several months. The bill ...
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- Biting Into GMOs (chicagoist.com)
- The New GMO Debate: Genetically Engineered Organic Crops (treehugger.com)
- Poland limits GMO cultivation (search.msn.com)
In the debate over genetically modified food, one thing is clear: we can't agree. And not only do we disagree but we disagree passionately and intransigently. Statistics are hurled back and forth, each one seemingly contradicting the last, until everyone has pie in their face and no one knows what's fact and what's fallacy.
Change.org member Dawn Gifford noted the intensity of the debate in a recent comment: "this issue is more divisive than...
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Yep, genetically modified organics is the very topic of the next Food Chain Radio broadcast Saturday morning. This tense and testy topic sort of makes the hairs on the back of your neck when you first hear about it. Without knowing either side of the issue, there is just something about it that Read the full story on TreeHugger
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I wonder if I am eating any genetically modified (GM) foods? I don’t really know, even though I read food labels carefully. And how could I know, when there is no effective enforcement of the legal requirement for food manufacturers in Australia to label their foods as having been genetically modified? Chances are we have all been eating a lot of GM food for some time now, especially if we eat any processed foods that use products from GM corn...
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- MONSTERS OR MAGIC ON MY DINNER TABLE? - The truth about Genetically Modified... (srinath-girish.sulekha.com)
The major reason behind the delay and circulation of Genetically Modified foods item into the Nigerian market is due to the lack of Biosafety Law in the country, the Director General of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) has said.
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People want truly independent information to help them make up their minds about genetically modified (GM) foods, according to a new study for the Food Standards Agency (FSA)
Shoppers also want a clear labeling system to tell them if the food they buy is genetically modified or if products like milk and meat were produced from animals given GM feed.
The study, Exploring Attitudes to GM Food, was published by the FSA as a group set up to...
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- People want independent information on GM foods, finds new study (telegraph.co.uk)
BEIJING : China has approved genetically modified strains of rice and corn in a move experts say could dramatically boost crop yields and help the world's most populous nation avoid food shortages. Th...
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- China approves genetically modified rice and corn to up yield (channelnewsasia.com)
Monsanto, the company which spent an astounding eight million dollars last year on lobbying, is planning to flood the food market with poor quality omega 3 oils from its genetically modified (GM) soy beans.
Monsanto, which is trying to control the world's farming market and infect nature with its genetically modified seeds, plans to sell its omega 3 frankenfood to processed food companies. The food companies will then claim that their frozen...
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African cardinal denounces genetically-modified seeds, charges world soccer …Catholic Culture… international governing body) is “placing pressures on the South African government to decriminalize prostitution” as the 2010 World Cup approaches. …Africa needs water, not genetically-modified foodSpero News
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Genetically modified flaxseeds have contaminated prairie fields, threatening a lucrative market overseas
In the waning days of fall, prairie flaxseed farmers should be hopping onto their tractors and harvesting their crops of the trendy health food, but instead they're in the midst of a major whodunit, with echoes of a long-forgotten movie thriller.
Somebody has contaminated Canada's flax crop with trace amounts of a genetically modified...
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There is one fact about genetically engineered foods that there is no debate about: no one wakes up in the morning eager to buy gene-altered food. There's good reason for this. Genetically modified foods do nothing for the "eating public". They ...
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