Everywhere You Look Biotechnology Touches Your Life Adapted from and to be used in conjunction with a brochure produced by the Biotechnology Industry Organization
Stop and Look Around… Chances are, you are looking at some part of your life that the science of biotechnology has made better.
Improving your Family’s Health… Has a member of your family been vaccinated against hepatitis B? Do you know someone who has diabetes? Has anyone in your family had heart disease?
Improving your Family’s Health… If a member of your family is diagnosed either breast cancer, leukemia, lymphoma or other cancer… Biotechnology is also helping people with rare diseases.
Improving Everyday Life… Sometimes biotechnology has the biggest impact in places you never notice.
Improving Everyday Life… Corn Flakes Bread Milk Vanilla Canola oil
Improving Everyday Life… Cheese 70% of processed foods Cotton clothing Plastics New fuels Bioremediation
The Future… Tomorrow, biotechnology will bring you better health. Biotechnology medicines Completion of human genome sequence Diagnostics “Golden Rice”
Everywhere You Look. Tomorrow…or next week…or next year, glance around again. You will see all of these benefits and more -