The world population has topped 6 billion people and is predicted to double in the next 50 years according to the United Nations Population Funds (Emerson 7). Ensuring an adequate food supply for this booming population is going to be a major challenge in the years to come. ... How can we keep up with the growing population? ... University "in total, this research must be considered successful because it has actually increased per capita food production during a time when global population has more than doubled." (12) For example, plant geneticists can isolate a gene responsible for drough...

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Genetic Modification of Foodstuffs Virtually every crop we eat have undergone hundreds of years of genetic modification by farmers and scientist in search of desirable traits. Selective breeding and hybrid strains have contributed immeasurably to farm productivity during this time. Over the past ...

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Industry, government and many academic scientists flaunt the benefits of genetically modified foods for agriculture, ecosystems, human health and well-being, including feeding a world population bursting at the seems. ... The world population is over 6 million people and predicted to double over the next 50 years. GM foods would help to ensure an adequate food supply to meet this population growth in many ways. ... Also, as the world population grows farmers will be forced to grow foods in places that are not suitable for plant cultivation. ...

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These have led to the development and production of new drugs, and potentially supply the answer on how to feed a growing population on limited space and cure world hunger. ... Governmental Bodies have a double role. ... Supporters of genetic engineering of foods, including members of private industries, distributors, retailers, scientists, nutritionists, some consumers, U.S. farmers, and regulatory agencies, advocates for the world's poor and hungry people, as well as proponents of the Green Revolution, think that because genetic engineering techniques have recently become simplified, t...

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James Watson and Francis Crick described the double helix structure of DNA in 1953. ... Presently, there is enough food to feed the entire population of the earth with 4.5 pounds of food per person, per day. ...

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Genetically Modified Organisms Barnett, A. (2000, August 13). Soya alert over cancer and brain damage link; Special report: what's wrong with our food? The Observer. Retrieved August 16, 2003, from http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,353660,00.html In my research I came across this article that discusses the dangers of a product called Soya, where concerns were raised about the health risk of breast cancer in woman, and the risk of abnormalities in infants for whom Soya milk is used as infant formula. Two senior American government scientists made this part...

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