GM foods

• Rice with built-in Vitamin A that can help prevent blindness in 100 million children suffering from Vitamin A deficiency;
• A tomato that softens more slowly, allowing it to develop longer on the vine and keep longer on the shelf;
• Potatoes that absorb less fat when fried, changing the ever-popular french fries from junk food into a more nutritional food;
• Strawberry crops that can survive frost;
• An apple with a vaccine against a virus that causes childhood pneumonia.

These are some of the benefits promised by biotechnology. The debate over its benefits and safety, however, continues. Do we really need to fear mutant weeds, killer tomatoes, and giant corn and will the benefits be delivered?


Read more:

•  www.actionbioscience.org
•  Gm foods
• Genetically modified food essay
• Get involved in the gm public debate - Greenpeace
• Euro mps vote for strict rules on labelling of gm foods - Greenpeace
• wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_food

So what is your opinion on GM FOODS? Will it help world hunger or is it putting our health and lives in greater risk than it already is?