Transcript of Implications for the Environment. Environmental impact of genetically transformed crops Positive or...
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- Implications for the Environment
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- Environmental impact of genetically transformed crops Positive
or negative
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- Harvesting controversy and implications in India. The National
Post, in its article, The myth of Indias GM genocide: Genetically
modified cotton blamed for wave of farmer suicides,The myth of
Indias GM genocide: Genetically modified cotton blamed for wave of
farmer suicides
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- This chart shows the national trends in cotton yield (kg per
hectare).
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- Crops posing human health and biosafety Top two biotech crops
1.Corn 2.Soy These are the key ingredients in processed foods from
cereal to chips to cookies.
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- Advantages 1.Some GMO plants are made to be insect resistant
2.Less chemicals are used reducing possible contamination and
pollution 3.GMO food is possibly engineered to be more
nutritious.
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- Disadvantages 1.The Brown University warns that herbicide
resistant genes from commercial crops may cross into the wild weed
population, Thus creating super weeds that are impossible to kill.
2.According to Iowa State University antibiotic features that are
built in GMOs might get into the human organism and make regular
medicine less effective. 3.GMO food can possibly cause allergic
reactions.
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- Human allergic reactions due to GMOs Due to the labeling
controversy The more GMO alterations in processed foods the more
mutant resistance. Medications used to counteract the allergic
reactions.
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- Moral and Ethical Implications 1.National Origin 2.Religious
Moral effects Right and Wrong 1.Ethical Reasoning 2.Does it matter
whos on the other side of the coin?
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- Agribusiness Corporations for Financial Gain According to the
UNEP, The research and development of global genetically modified
organisms is led by six large multinational life science companies
independently or in collaboration with the Advanced Research
Institutes in the industrial countries.
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- 1.Monsanto 2.Syngenta 3.Aventis 4.Crop Science 5.DuPont. 6.A
number of developing countries (Brazil, Argentina, China, India,
Malaysia and the Philippines) have significant research and
development programs in biotechnology and transgenic crops.
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- Company 2007Seed sales (US$ millions) % of global proprietary
seed market Monsanto (US)$4,964m23% DuPont (US)$3,300m15% Syngenta
(Switzerland)$2,018m9% Groupe Limagrain (France)$1,226m6% Land O'
Lakes (US)$917m4% KWS AG (Germany)$702m3% Bayer Crop Science
(Germany) $524m2% Sakata (Japan)$396m