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WHAT IS GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD?

When a gene from one organism is

purposely moved to improve or change

another organism in a laboratory, the result

is a genetically modified organism (GMO).

It is also sometimes called "transgenic" for

transfer of genes.

HISTORY OF GMO

How it's being used

People have been breeding animals and new varieties of

plants for many hundreds of years to develop or avoid

certain qualities. Examples include racehorses that are bred

to be faster and stronger, and roses, bred to give a wider

range of colors and to make them more resistant to disease.

Over many generations, sometimes for thousands of years,

the world's main food crops have been selected, crossed and

bred to suit the conditions they are grown in and to make

them tastier.

SCIENTISTS FIRST DISCOVERED THAT DNA CAN

TRANSFER BETWEEN ORGANISMS IN 1946. THE

FIRST GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS WAS

PRODUCED IN 1983, ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT

TOBACCO PLANT. THE FIRST COMMERCIALLY GROWN GENETICALLY MODIFIED

WHOLE FOOD CROP WAS THE TOMATO (CALLED

FLAVR SAVR), WHICH WAS MADE MORE RESISTANT TO ROTTING BY CALIFORNIAN

COMPANY CAL GENE.

Genetic modification allows plants, animals and micro-

organisms to be produced with specific qualities more

accurately and efficiently than through traditional methods.

It also allows genes to be transferred from one species to

another to develop characteristics that would be very

difficult or impossible to achieve through traditional

breeding. For example, genes can be introduced from one

plant to another plant, from a plant to an animal, or from an

animal to a plant. Transferring genes between plants and

animals is a particular area of debate. 

MOST GM CROPS GROWN TODAY HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED TO RESIST CERTAIN INSECT

PESTS. THERE ARE GM PLANTS BEING DEVELOPED TODAY TO PRODUCE SPECIFIC

VITAMINS, RESIST PLANT VIRUSES AND EVEN PRODUCE PRODUCTS FOR MEDICAL USES.

COUNTRIES THAT GROW GM CROPS INCLUDE; ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, CHINA,

GERMANY, INDIA, INDONESIA, MEXICO, PORTUGAL, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, UNITED

STATES, UKRAINE, AND MANY MORE.

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We are what we eat ,so think about it!!!

EATING GENETICALLY MODIFIED (GM) FOODS MAY CAUSE DISEASE

GMO Foods may be one of the greatest health disaster in the

American diet. Within 9 years of their introduction in 1996,

multiple chronic illnesses jumped from 7 percent to 13 percent

of the population,[1] food allergies doubled in less time, and

many other ailments have been on the rise.

The greatest environmental threat that we are facing is genetic modification. All over the globe, scientists are treating the fabric of life as if it was a playground where anything goes. Behind closed doors, scientists all over the planet are creating some of the most freakish and most bizarre monsters that you could possible imagine, and very few people seem concerned about it. But the truth is that messing with the building blocks of life is going to have some very serious consequences.

Scientists claim that they are making our crops stronger, more productive and less vulnerable to insects. Scientists claim that they can alter our animals so that they are more “useful” to us. Scientists claim that genetic modification is only going to “enhance” humanity. But what if something goes seriously wrong?

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