Genetically Modified Foods

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This paper discusses the author's view that scientists, in their attempts to improve the quality of plants and thereby increase the world's food supply through the growth of genetically modified (GM) foods, have the potential for creating monstrous effects in the Earth?s environment, on the internal environments of the humans, and on other creatures who eat the GM food.

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"Teitel and Wilson mention a Dutch researcher who is attempting to breed genetically engineered plants that can produce drugs and vaccines in nectar so the drugs can be ingested by eating honey. At first glance, this looks like it might not be too bad. After all, if one goes to the local health food store and asks a knowledgeable clerk what to do for springtime allergies, her or she might well recommend eating local honey. Because local honey probably contains traces of the very pollen that's making noses run, it is supposed to have the same effect as an inoculation meant to desensitize people to those substances. So wouldn't the Dutch researcher's work be even better? Before anyone could answer that question, the answer to what happens if a bee or two escapes needs to be answered."

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