Discussion

1. What are genetically-modified foods?

2. What are some of the advantages of GM foods?

· pest resistance

· herbicide tolerance

· disease resistance

· cold tolerance

· drought tolerance/salinity tolerance

· nutrition

· pharmaceuticals

· phytoremediation

3. How prevalent are GM crops? What plants are involved?

4. What are some of the criticisms against GM foods?

· environmental hazards

· human health risks

· economic concerns

5. How are GM foods regulated and what is the government's role in this process?

6. How are GM foods labeled?