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Geneticallyengineeredplants? a s oo s Thebenefitsversusrisks What do ou think about?

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GeneticallyModifiedOrganisms? armers a op e se ec ve ree ng oma n a n

articulartraits size taste andresistancetodisease .

Biotechnologyenabledtransferofgenes fromone

organismtoanothergeneratingtransgenicorganisms.

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GeneticallyModifiedFoods(GM)? ThisarefoodsderivedfromorganismswhoseDNAhas

.

Werefirstputonthemarketin1990s.

ManytypesofGMcropsareavailableinthemarket.

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GeneticallyModifiedFoods(GM)? Productsoftransgenicplant.

, .

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Geneticallymodifiedcrops Goldenriceisrichincarotene. Twogeneshavebeeninserted

intothericegenometoallowthe

productionandaccumulationofcaroteneinthegrains.

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Geneticallymodifiedcrops cornan co onareeng neere opro uce e r

ownbuiltin esticide.

BttoxininGMplants(BtfromsoilbacteriaBacillusur ng ens s

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Geneticallymodifiedanimals

GMpigsengineeredtoproduceomega3fattyacids

.

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GMProducts:Benefits .

Reducedmaturationtime.

Slowripeningoffruits.

Increasednutrients,yields.

Newproductsandgrowingtechniques.

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GMProducts:Benefits Increasedstresstolerance(draughtresistance).

, ,

herbicides.

Improvedanimalhealthanddiseaseresistance.

Betteryieldsofmeat,eggs,andmilk.

.

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GMProducts:Benefits Increasedfoodsecurityforgrowingpopulations.

Whatistheglobalpopulationin2050? Toomanymouthstofeed.

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Geneticallymodifiedfoods:Risks

transferofantibioticresistance,unknowneffects).

Newproteinsareintroducedintothehumanand

an ma oo c a ns maycausea erg creac ons .

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Geneticallymodifiedfoods:Risks Severalanimalstudiesindicateserioushealthrisks

associatedwithGMfood,including:

1. Infertility

. mmunepro ems

3. Accelerateda in

4. Alteredmetabolism

5. Changesinmajororgansandbodysystems(GIT).

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Geneticallymodifiedfoods:Risks

WhenGMsoywasfedtofemalerats,mostoftheir

babiesdiedwithinthreeweekscomparedtoa10%

ea ra eamong econ ro group e na ura soy.

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Geneticallymodifiedfoods:Risks WhenmaleratswerefedGMsoy,theirtesticlesactually

changedcolorfromthenormalpinktodarkblue.

ce e soy a a ere youngsperm.

TheembryosofGMfedparentmicehadsignificant

changesintheirDNA.

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Geneticallymodifiedfoods:Risks MicefedGMcornhadfewerbabies,whichwerealso

smallerthannormal.

BuffaloesthatateGMcottonseedhadpremature

, , ,

uteruses.

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Geneticallymodifiedfoods:Risks GMorganismscontainnewproteinswithallergenic

.

GMsoyhasuptoseventimesmoretrypsin inhibitora

knownsoyallergen.

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Geneticallymodifiedfoods:Risks

dysregulation,includingincreaseincytokines,whichare

associatedwithasthma,allergy,andinflammation.

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Geneticallymodifiedfoods:RisksInasmallvillageinAndhraPradesh,buffaloesgrazedon

cottonplantsforyearswithoutincident.

OnJanuar 3rd 2008 thebuffaloes razedonBtcottonplantsforthefirsttime.

All13animalsweresickthenextday;alldiedwithin3

.

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Geneticallymodifiedfoods:RisksA ain,inIndia,thousandsofshee diedwhen razeon

Btcottonplants.

Postmortemsshowedsevereirritationandblack

bileducts).

Evidencestronglysuggeststhatthesheepmortalitywasduetoatoxin(Bttoxin).

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Geneticallymodifiedfoods:RisksTheonlypublishedhumanfeedingstudyrevealeda

dangerousproblemfromGMfoods.

ThegeneinsertedintoGMsoytransfersintotheDNAof

.

smeanst at onga terwestopeat ng s,we

maystillhavepotentiallyharmfulGMproteins

pro uce cont nuous y ns e.

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Geneticallymodifiedfoods:Risks Potentialenvironmentalimpacts,including:unintended

transferoftrans enes throu hcross ollination

Unknowneffectsonotherorganisms(e.g.,soilmicrobes),

an osso oraan auna o vers y.

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Geneticallymodifiedfoods:Risks Thepoorestandmostvulnerablegroupsdonotbenefit.

Intellectualpropertylaw(dominationoffewcompanies).

GMFsmightbemisusedtoonlybenefitspecificgroups.

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Geneticallymodifiedfoods:Risks