Monday, March 5, 2007

What's GM Foods?


Genetically Modified Foods have been available since the 1990s. GM foods (Genetically Modified Foods) are food produced from a GMO (genetically modified organism.) Basically, GM foods are foods that consist of genetic materials that have been modified in the laboratory into an organism to bring out its useful and satisfying traits of the organism. The genes will customize the organisms in many ways, ranging from its appearance to its behavior, or by its nutritional content.

Genetically Modified Foods has aroused many environmental organizations and interest groups to study and protest its effects. Even governments around the world are trying to establish a plan to help sustain the effects of GM plants. However, different government are responding in different was, depending on their region’s climate and political, social, and economic terms.

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