Assess the Impact of Genetically Modified Foods

Assess the Impact of Genetically Modified Foods The British Government describes genetic modification as ‘the altering of the genetic material in that organism in a way that does not occur naturally or natural recombination or both’. Therefore genetic modification produces organisms that would not occur in nature, unlike farming methods such as selective breeding which could occur naturally. To opposers of GM foods this constitutes a fundamental difference. Genetic modification is when DNA fragments are …

…positive of their harmlessness they should be kept in isolation. The problem of widespread contamination is one that should be seriously looked at. In theory, GM foods are lifesaving, in practise they could be enormously destructive. Bibliography 1. Microsoft Encarta 97 Encyclopedia 2. The Sunday Independent 3. New Scientist, 17 April 1999 4. http://www.futuradesign.co.uk/gm/index.html 5. BBC News Online 6. http://www.ncbe.reading.ac.uk/NCBE/GMFOOD/menu.html 7. Prospect, December 1999 8. This Week, 6 March 1999 9. Encarta Online Concise