2.     What action has been taken to try and prevent the technology developing?

          Answer: Continued development of herbicide-tolerant, virus- and pest-resistant crops.

2.     What are the problems with this technology?

                Answer: it creates superbugs and super weeds ,it kills bees and butterflies.

1. 1.     What foods are affected by this technology?                                                                                      answer: corn,strawberries,tomatoes and pinapples

For,against and facts in genetically modified food

FOR		AGAINST	FACTS
Herbicide tolerance		Unintended harm to other organisms	Genetically modified foods have been linked to toxics and allergic reactions
Pest resistance		Reduced effectiveness of pesticides	Most developed nations do not consider GMOs to be safe
Nutrition		Gene transfer to non-target species	Scientists can take a gene from one living thing and put it directly into another plant or animal
Virus resistance		Genetically modified ingredients can cause cancer	Many people say these genetically modified, or GM, foods may end up harming the environment and humans
Disease resistance		It could raise new allergy outbreaks in humans	GM foods could carry genes that trigger allergies or other side effects.
Pharmaceuticals		Under-Developed countries becoming more dependent on other communities.	plants with new genes forced into them will accidentally crossbreed with wild plants and create pesticide-resistant superweeds.
www.csa.com/discoveryguides/gmfood/overview.php		www.csa.com/discoveryguides/gmfood/overview	www.livescience.com/40895-gmo-facts.html‎
www.nature.com/.../genetically-modified-organisms-gmos-transgenic-cr...	pioneerio.hubpages.com › Health			www.factmonster.com › Science › Food‎

Genetically modified food search

1.   What is the science behind genetically modified foods?

                                 The vast majority of the research on genetically modified (GM) crops suggests that they are safe to eat and that they have the potential to feed millions of people worldwide who currently go hungry.

Yet not all criticisms of GM are so easily rejected, and pro-GM scientists are often dismissive and even unscientific in their rejection of the counterevidence.

A careful analysis of the risks and benefits argues for expanded deployment and safety testing of GM crops.

Searching for the truth

MYP Unit 1 – Worksheet: ‘Searching for the Truth’

‘Genetically Modified Foods

Select three search engines (Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc) and search for.’

Without opening any of the sites, copy the top four web addresses that each search engine found.

Using ONLY the information provided by the search engine, complete the following:

Search Engine:	URL	Usefulness of Information	What the site tells us	What type of organization hosts this site
Google
1st Result	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_food‎	Useful	foods produced from organisms that have had specific changes introduced into their DNA using the methods of genetic ...	‎Genetically modified food - ‎Crops - ‎Genetically modified organism - ‎
2nd Result	International Business Times	Not useful	GMO Inside launches a new consumer self-labeling campaign using downloadable labels.	Anti-GMO Group
3rd Result	www.csa.com/discoveryguides/gmfood/overview.php‎	useful	Recent studies about genetically-modified foods indicate that GMOs may cause harm to monarch butterfly caterpillars	CSA
4th Result	Images for Genetically Modified Foods.	useful	It shows us pictures

Search Engine:	URL	Usefulness of Information	What the site tells us	What type of organization hosts this site
bing
1st Result	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_food	Useful	foods produced from organisms that have had specific changes introduced into their DNA using the methods of genetic engineering	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_food
2nd Result	www.csa.com/discoveryguides/gmfood/overview.php	Not useful	Genetically-modified foods (GM foods) have made a big splash in the news lately. .	CSA
3rd Result	geneticallyengineeredfoodnews.com	useful	genetically Engineered Food News is focused on informing consumers of the possible dangers and effects of GMOs (genetically modified organisms) on the world’s food	Genetically engineered food news
4th Result	gmo.mercola.com	useful	Read GMO news and articles from Dr. Mercola, and discover the dangers and health risk of genetically modified food	GMO

Search Engine:	URL	Usefulness of Information	What the site tells us	What type of organization hosts this site
yahoo
1st Result	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_food	useful	are foods produced from organisms that have had specific changes introduced into their DNA using the methods of genetic engineering.	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_food
2nd Result	www.csa.com/discoveryguides/gmfood/overview.php	useful	Recent studies about genetically-modified foods indicate that GMOs may cause harm to monarch butterfly caterpillars. Corn plants have been ...	CSA
3rd Result	www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/are-biotech-foods...	Not useful	Most Americans have eaten genetically modified foods without knowing it, but are they safe?
4th Result	www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/01/the-very-real...	useful	New research shows that when we eat we're consuming more than just vitamins and protein. Our bodies are also absorbing information

Internet Terminology-Terms

Terms	Definition
URL	An Internet address (for example, http://www.hmco.com/trade/), usually consisting of the access protocol (http), the domain name (www.hmco.com), and optionally the path to a file or resource residing on that server (trade).
Export	a. To send (data) from one program to another: "You'll need to export your spreadsheet file into a desktop publishing program"(Jon Pepper). b. To use an application to store (data) on disk, usually for use by another program.
Import	To receive (data) into one program from another
www	World Wide Web
Domain name	A series of alphanumeric strings separated by periods, such as www.hmco.com, that is an address of a computer network connection and that identifies the owner of the address.
Search engine	1. A software program that searches a database and gathers and reports information that contains or is related to specified terms. 2. A website whose primary function is providing a search engine for gathering and reporting information available on the Internet or a portion of the Internet.
http://	A protocol used to request and transmit files, especially web pages and webpage components, over the Internet or other computer network.
Internet browser	a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task; "he has tried several different word processing applications"

internet terminology extensions

Extension	Meaning
.com	commercial organization (in Internet addresses)
.gov	government agency (in Internet addresses)
.net	network provider (in Internet addresses)
.sch	In the domain name system (DNS), .sch is a second-level domain used by several countries, including Iran (.ir), Saudi Arabia (.sa), and theUnited Kingdom (.uk), as a subdomain to represent primary and secondary schools. In the United Kingdom, these are linked with area names, such that schools have a domain name of the form www.<schoolname>.<areaname>.sch.uk. It is up to the individual countries whether to use this classification system, and whether a given organization qualifies as a school.
.ac	It  is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Ascension Island. It is administered by NIC.AC, a subsidiary of the Internet Computer Bureau based in the United Kingdom.
.co	It is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to Colombia
.ed
.org	The domain name org is a generic top-level domain (gTLD)