Biology and Your Future Section 1.5 Biology and Your Future
Your health and the health of the environment depend on your knowledge of biology Personal Health and Lifestyle Choices: Diet Obesity Exercise Smoking Alcohol Cancer Prevention
Environment and Society: Interaction between the environment and humans Politics Legal Economic Considerations
Biotechnology offers great promise but also raises many issues Biotechnology the use and application of living things and biological processes Benefits: Food production Medical advances Improved crop yields Genetic disorders Forensic science
Ethical considerations: Risks: Unknown long-term effects of genetically modified crops Safety of genetically modified plants Decreasing biodiversity Ethical considerations: Privacy of genetic testing Discrimination based on genetic screening Ethics of choosing characteristics in children