Issues surrounding genetically enhanced foods 17 Articles

by Obadah Ghannam

GM Foods Imagine you have a strawberry in front of you. A nice, juicy, red fruit, you feel tempted to eat quickly. It looks ordinary, smells ordinary, and feels just like every other strawberry you have seen before in y...read more

by hatsrus

A World Health Organisation scientist was recently reported as saying that genetically modified food crops should be allowed by governments all over the World because there had not been any reported cases of adverse reacti...read more

by James Lavender

SOWING THE SEEDS OF CHANGE ETHICS & GENETICS CLASH ACROSS EUROPE When the French government announced a ban on the use of genetically modified (GM) crops last month, it reignited a heated clash between Europe and the U...read more

by Paul Lines

At this moment in time 50% of soy and nearly the same percentage of grain produced in the US are genetically enhanced in some form. (US department of agriculture statistics). As Genetically enhanced food products have bee...read more

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by Emma Helks

The widely held view of Genetically Modified foods at present is highly negative; most of the worlds population is divided over the believe that GM foods are dangerous not only to the environment but the unknown effects to...read more

by David Ortiz

Genetically modified or enhanced foods are everywhere. Some use the term genetically engineered foods, which sounds like a scientific process with factories churning out fruits, vegetables, meats and dairy products on ass...read more

by Allie Lahn

There are hundreds of agricultural issues facing the world today, though for most consumers, the issue of GMOs (genetically modified organisms) hits closest to home. While desertification and farming issues lie b...read more

by Emily Cunningham

Genetically modified foods are those which have had their genome modified through genetic engineering. This is where a beneficial gene is removed from one organism, and inserted into another to provide a more useful phenot...read more

by May Monten

Crops that have been genetically modified are more resistant to disease and insects. Planting genetically modified crops increases crop yield and decreases the costs. There is, however, much to be concerned about because...read more

by Nisha Danny

GM foods or genetically modified foads are obtained fully or partly from genetically modified organism (GMO).The safety of these foods have been in debate for very long time. Allergens, transfer of antibiotic resistan...read more

by Roy Jacobs

The ability to genetically modify foods has raised many concerns in recent years. No doubt the debate will continue for some time. However, there are two sides to this issue as with any other. Genetically modified foods...read more

by Kerry Armour

Being a biochemist and working in the health care industry, I can see both sides of the GM foods argument. Long term studies haven't been done because we can't do them until the foods have been out there for a while. Not s...read more

by Farmer Bob

Really, there's only one, are they safe? Unfortunately, this is a question that can't be answered. Even if science could absolutely vouch for all existing genetically modified foods, more are being developed at a rapid r...read more

by Kathy H

as science makes another break through, we have to ask ourselves, is this safe and why are they doing this? It seems one of the reasons to genetically enhance foods, is to control insects. Many of us remember the cons...read more

by Cairns Faber

GM Food, GM Me - You are what you eat. No doubt GM food guarantess 100% success in every batch of crop you get. You can modify its sweetness, colour, nutritional value, size etc. The producer is happy for the guarantee...read more

by ccv

Because much of the food we are eating today has been altered in some way, many arguments have been made against its safety. Because the science of biotechnology is such a fairly new science, the claims against GM foods ca...read more

by Krishna Shanmukh

Genetically Modified food have definitely some effect on health because they are developed out of modified plants or animals. Most of us are consuming GM food without our notice. Obviously there is a change in taste, color...read more