H SDSU Physics 180B
Spring PodCast Debate 2006
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Genetically Modified Food - Based on scientific research
That it should be banned?
(Biology) (March 27- April 2)
         
               
              What are Genetically Modified (GM) Foods?
Although "biotechnology" and "genetic modification" commonly are used interchangeably, GM is a special set of technologies that alter the genetic makeup of such living organisms as animals, plants, or bacteria. Biotechnology, a more general term, refers to using living organisms or their components, such as enzymes, to make products that include wine, cheese, beer, and yogurt.
Combining genes from different organisms is known as recombinant DNA technology, and the resulting organism is said to be "genetically modified," "genetically engineered," or "transgenic." GM products (current or in the pipeline) include medicines and vaccines, foods and food ingredients, feeds, and fibers.

Like all new technologies, they also poses some risks, both known and unknown. Controversies surrounding GM foods and crops commonly focus on human and environmental safety, labeling and consumer choice, intellectual property rights, ethics, food security, poverty reduction, and environmental conservation. (more)(more)		    
"Only 25 per cent of adults in the US realise that GM foods have been on sale in the country for the past 10 years”
 
New Scientist - Ten years is a long time to be having the same argument. Yet a decade after genetically modified crops were first cultivated commercially, the debate over whether they should be grown at all still rages, with the two sides as far apart as ever. Coinciding with the anniversary, two surveys have revealed that many members of the public remain poorly informed about the issue. It was in 1996 that GM crops became an industry, when cotton and maize engineered to be resistant to insecticides and soybeans resistant to weedkiller were grown for profit in significant quantities for the first time. Today some 8.5 million farmers in 21 countries grow GM varieties, according to an audit released last week by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications, a non-profit organisation that promotes the use of biotech in developing countries.(more)(more)  
 
   
 
                                       
1 - Genetically Modified Food
Affirmative
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Au Natural

Negative
Mutation Generation
Shivaun
Jenna

Genetically Modified Food
That it should be banned?
Danielle
Emily
Leo
Matt
Victoria
Danielle
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2 - Genetically Modified Food
Negative
ThunderCats		 Team Thundercats
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Counter Attack

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Counter Attack
     
 
Rene
Jeff
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Noel
Tony
 
 
Yvonne
Tom
     
 
Cary
Michelle
Debate Scoring and Rules
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April 18, 2006
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