ing GM foods. The misconception here some of which are still unknown. Once some of the other potential problems
is that there are people in the world who such an organism is released into the en- that can arise with this and other engi-
are starving because there is not enough vironment, it will continue to propagate neering techniques: (1) Inserting foreign
food. In actuality, we have more than for generation after generation, and it DNA into an organism may create many
enough food (one and a half times the is impossible to recall such organisms. unintended proteins with unpredictable
amount) in the world to feed everyone; An example of this is the tomato that effects on human health and the ecosys-
our problem is in the distribution of that had Arctic Flounder DNA spliced into tem. An example of this occurred when
food. its DNA so it would not die in the frost. scientists tried to engineer tobacco to
To this day, the master plan of the The anti-freeze gene has never ever ex- produce a particular acid. The plant also
biotech corporations is to control the isted before in a tomato. Now it is in this created a toxic compound not normally
world’s food supply; Monsanto’s vi- line of tomatoes and will be in all future found in the tobacco. 2) Foreign DNA
sion is a world with 100 percent of all offspring. Likewise, in the early 1990s can be unpredictably modified by the
commercial seeds genetically modified when Calgene introduced the FlavrSavr host which in turn can lead to potential-
and patented. Although they currently tomato, mutated to prolong shelf life, ly dangerous diseases. It is well known
dominate the market with 91 percent all subsequent generations carried the that the shape of a protein is an integral
of GM foods, widespread resistance to same DNA. The problem arose when part of its function and that an aberrantly
GM foods has left Monsanto desperate feeding studies in rats showed the pres- folded protein can have unpredictable
for new markets. Even the hungry Afri- ence of stomach lesions in the FlavrSavr results. In both mad cow disease and
can nations and Japan won’t accept GM fed rats and an increased mortality rate Creuztfeld-Jacob disease, prions are re-
crops as food aid. in that same group compared to the sponsible and are common cellular pro-
control rats. The tomato was approved teins that have been mis-folded. (3) Some
The Technique and Its Dangers by the FDA in 1994 and was ultimately native genes may be silenced and others
removed from the market in 1997 due to may be turned on randomly. Others may
For hundreds of years, farmers, safety concerns. be turned on permanently which can
breeders and gardeners have deliber- The technique of gene insertion can give rise to cancer. (4) Unknown aller-
ately bred animals or plants so as to be achieved in a variety of ways. One of gens may result from foreign genes and
combine favorable traits. Sometimes the the most common requires the use of a proteins new in the human food supply.
desired effect was achieved; in other “gene gun.” In this case, foreign DNA is (5) Changes in DNA can influence the
cases, the traits did not combine well. blasted into cells at over 200 mph. Only nutritional content of a plant.
With genetic engineering, there are no a small percentage ends up in the cellu- These techniques have been uti-
rules. The DNA of various species may lar DNA of the target organism. Screen- lized for years by the four leaders in
be extracted, modified and spliced into ing tools, such as the introduction of an the biotech industry – Monsanto, Dow,
the DNA of another species, creating a Antibiotic Resistant Marker gene, allow DuPont and Syngenta (formerly Novar-
brand new organism in the evolution- detection of the one cell in thousands tis). Despite numerous attempts by U.S.
ary food chain. Since there are no safety that has the new DNA. However, add- government officials to require label-
guidelines either, the implications of al- ing a gene for antibiotic resistance poses ing of GM products during the past 10
tering the genetic blueprint of an organ- a serious health hazard independent years, the initiatives have always failed
ism can have staggering implications, of the process itself. The following are because the biotech industry continues
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