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http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/

http://www.taxfree15.org.uk/

http://amateurscientistblog.blogspot.com/

http://www.purplemag.com/

http:// http://cr4.globalspec.com/ / http://myfoodshed.com/

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“The genetic modification of plants and animals through domestication and controlled breeding has gone on with little debate for roughly 10,000 years. But since 1973, genetic modification has also been possible through the transfer of isolated genes into the DNA of another organism. This type of genetic engineering—also known asgenetic transformation, transgenesis, or simply GM—is a more powerful and more precise method of modifying life” (Paarlberg, 2000, p. 25).

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An International Debate

England’s consumer lobby against GM foods

vs.

America’s aggressive industry

vs.

India’s poor farmers and poorly fed consumers

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The Pros

• Pest resistance• Herbicide tolerance• Disease resistance• Cold tolerance• Drought resistance• Salinity tolerance• Nutrition (Whitman, 2000)

“If properly exploited, the GM crop revolution will have life changing— and even life-saving—implications in developing countries. Food-production requirements are increasing rapidly in the tropics due to population growth. Yet agriculture there is lagging, in part because of poor soil; extremes of moisture, heat, and drought; and a plenitude of pests and diseases that attack animals and crops. Poor farmers in tropical Asia and Africa currently lose much of their crop production every year (often more than 30 percent) to insects and plant disease” (Paarlberg, 2000, pp. 30 – 31).

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The Cons

• Potential impacts on human health• Environmental impacts• Domination of world food production by a

few companies• Increasing dependence on industrialized

nations by developing countries• Ethical issues about animal treatment• Labelling Issues• Economic issues(Whitman, 2000)

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The United StatesThe Proponent

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http://www.treehugger.com/

http://www.nps.gov/ http://wirednewyork.com/

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EnglandThe Opponent

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http://www.topnews.in/

http://www.wallpapers11.com/ http://englisheso.wikispaces.com/

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IndiaThe Underdog

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http://bengal-tigers.net/ http://deepwarriors.com/

http://www.energyenhancement.org/

http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com

http://www.elertgadget.com/

It looks increasingly like genetically modified foods will be integrated into the world’s food

supply.

An Unknown Future

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Is the human, animal, andenvironmental cost too much?

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