1. Biology and Your Future
Section 1.5
Biology and Your Future

2. 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

3. Environment and Society:
Interaction between the environment and humans
Politics
Legal
Economic Considerations

4. 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

5. 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