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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