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Genetic Engineering, Food And Our Environment
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Photograph by Jim Richardson By Jennifer Ackerman Republished from the pages of National Geographic magazine Scientists continue to find new ways to insert genes for specific traits into plant and animal DNA. For decades environmentalists have focused on reducing or eliminating these and other forms of chemical pollution. Despite these troubling and unprecedented environmental concerns, the U.S. The technology has also significantly reduced the release of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture equivalent to removing 11.9 million cars from the roads.2 In the USA, adoption of GM crops resulted in pesticide use reduction of 46.4 million pounds in 2003.3 The use of Bt cotton in China resulted in pesticide use reduction of 78,000 tons of formulated pesticides in 2001. A highly publicized study led by Dr.
Union of Concerned Scientists Search form Search . The actual potato was designated as a pesticide and was therefore regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), instead of the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), which regulates food. Disclaimer Privacy Policy . Commercial approval of Dow’s corn would trigger a large increase in 2,4-D use. "But redistribution is just not going to happen," he says. Learn more: What is Genetic Engineering? Genetic engineering promise vs. Crops engineered to tolerate herbicides are of particular concern. PNAS 98(21):11937-11942 Yorobe, JM, CB Quicoy, EP Alcantara and BR Sumayao.
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