GMO GM FOODS

 W HAT IS G ENETICALLY M ODIFIED F OOD ? When a gene from one organism is purposely moved to improve or change another organism in a laboratory, the result is a genetically modified organism (GMO). It is also sometimes called "transgenic" for transfer of genes.

 H ISTORY OF GMO How it's being used People have been breeding animals and new varieties of plants for many hundreds of years to develop or avoid certain qualities. Examples include racehorses that are bred to be faster and stronger, and roses, bred to give a wider range of colors and to make them more resistant to disease. Over many generations, sometimes for thousands of years, the world's main food crops have been selected, crossed and bred to suit the conditions they are grown in and to make them tastier.

S CIENTISTS FIRST DISCOVERED THAT DNA CAN TRANSFER BETWEEN ORGANISMS IN T HE FIRST GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS WAS PRODUCED IN 1983, ANTIBIOTIC - RESISTANT TOBACCO PLANT. T HE FIRST COMMERCIALLY GROWN GENETICALLY MODIFIED WHOLE FOOD CROP WAS THE TOMATO ( CALLED F LAVR S AVR ), WHICH WAS MADE MORE RESISTANT TO ROTTING BY C ALIFORNIAN COMPANY C AL GENE.

Genetic modification allows plants, animals and micro-organisms to be produced with specific qualities more accurately and efficiently than through traditional methods. It also allows genes to be transferred from one species to another to develop characteristics that would be very difficult or impossible to achieve through traditional breeding. For example, genes can be introduced from one plant to another plant, from a plant to an animal, or from an animal to a plant. Transferring genes between plants and animals is a particular area of debate.

GM plants and crops

We are what we eat,so think about it!!!

E ATING G ENETICALLY M ODIFIED (GM) F OODS MAY CAUSE DISEASE GMO Foods may be one of the greatest health disaster in the American diet. Within 9 years of their introduction in 1996, multiple chronic illnesses jumped from 7 percent to 13 percent of the population, [1] food allergies doubled in less time, and many other ailments have been on the rise.

The greatest environmental threat that we are facing is genetic modification. All over the globe, scientists are treating the fabric of life as if it was a playground where anything goes. Behind closed doors, scientists all over the planet are creating some of the most freakish and most bizarre monsters that you could possible imagine, and very few people seem concerned about it. But the truth is that messing with the building blocks of life is going to have some very serious consequences.

Scientists claim that they are making our crops stronger, more productive and less vulnerable to insects. Scientists claim that they can alter our animals so that they are more “useful” to us. Scientists claim that genetic modification is only going to “enhance” humanity. But what if something goes seriously wrong?