2009年12月29日 星期二

GM food

The continued advance of technology, people can change plants and animals. They also can make vegetables become bigger and taste better.

Many researcher try to find GM (genetically modifies) food might cause health and environmental problems. For instance, GM plants and animals could reproduce and spread, affecting other ones. Some countries have banned GM food, because some farmers want to increase their harvest, use pesticide on their crops. They think that there are big risks and may contain new allergens. But there are some people to support GM food, they think it also can be good for the environment. For example, insects will not eat GM food so that pesticides will be used less. In addition, we will use less land to grow plants, thereby protecting our forests.

Many people say that GM food should be labeled so that consumer can choose. In summary, GM food is whether or not changed the demand, consumer’s attitude are very important.

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