that genetic manipulation whether or not the genetically engineered chili is a g.m.o. is a distinction that could cost the new mexico farmers access to many foreign export markets the e.u. is. much more comfortable with the crops generated through a systemic approach dr hansen and the dean at the end a mess you school of agriculture as you see in the sea mail are trying to say that there chile will not be considered a g.m.o. in the european union and other countries that ban or curtail their use they make this argument despite laws that clearly say the systemic approach like the one m.m.s. use using is in fact creating a genetically modified organism. doctors eal sarah laney from the university of conn in france has helped shape european policy towards genetically modified organisms called a european union and the four hundred fifty countries around the world the definition of goods here no it's not a matter where the gene comes from it's a matter of gene being not you fighting vitro in it's you know the battle of the origin of the gene what is clear is that more than

genetically engineer crops can cross. contaminate their natural varieties might be contaminated and that they'll lose control over those. major because it is and it's unfortunately one that's really not well founded and it's. the. negligible the only drift so far of all the claims made by backers of biotechnology the absence of pollen drift is the most specious and demonstrably false. bearing bees will try several miles wind carries pollen hundreds of miles and humans can inadvertently transfer genetically modified pollen across oceans the theft and use of genetic seeds is not uncommon across national boundaries and genes are known to move between species on bacterial and viral vectors one need only watch wind sandia crest above albuquerque new mexico to imagine how far pollen can travel and surmise the vehicle which the planes grasses flowers and trees used to cross the american continent the biotech industry claims the chances of genetic drift at a distance of a few meters drops below one percent using that number it on

the genetic engineering of trees is following on the tradition of genetically engineering crops and many of the same traits that are being engineered and the trees are things that have been done in crops since about the eighty's. and so, yeah, it's, it's all, it's all done in a lab and it involves various techniques for inserting. in the case of the american chestnut, inserting jeans from a completely unrelated speech, sees a grass barley into into the genetically engineered, excuse me, into the america, chose not to create that genetically engineered americans just not so very, very process of genetic modification is very disruptive to the genome, so they're going in there and they're using either a bacterium in this case, or in some cases literally did a coded little bullet. so if they fire into the cell, and they hope that it land somewhere useful in the, in the genome on the, in the, excuse me, i'm one of the chromosomes so that they can then have a product that can be tested out, but can be replicated that could be eventually put out into the field. so in the case of the g. e chests

also considers most genetic engineering is for herbicide resistant it's spring. and that kills all the weeds except killed all the plants except for the crops that were genetically engineered while the life was saved itself can get into the water and this herbicide but not only the but the other chemicals they use there cerf octant and other chemicals in the mix of the herbicide which there is a direct link to the decline in v.b. in species in in freshwater ecological systems so. there's a lot of environmental impacts that haven't been adequately adequately addressed and the studies that are coming down are pretty definitive that we need to proceed with caution before proliferating this technology into the open air the waterways are contaminated our bodies are full of contaminants it's a system based on illness it's not a health producing system. of course it affects the whole system. i mean that's what organic agriculture is about is the opposite of that it's about creating healthy soils that that are complex and have lots of organisms interacting in a healthy s

genetic engineering is on the tail of conventional. culture that is characterized by the proliferation of agro chemicals fertilizers pesticides herbicides fungicides all of these chemicals . costs in on energy production they have cost in environmental cleanup this is self-propagating genetic pollution we have no technology today to fully clean up the damage gene pool maybe we will in the future . but we're not feeding the products of a good food science to the entire population and releasing me to be viable where they can never be recall. any scientists who tells you they know that g m o's are safe and not to worry about it is either ignorant of the history of science or is deliberately lying nobody knows what the long term effects will be geneticists dr david suzuki genetically engineered foods go through a rigorous review before they are approved the review includes analysis of the trams sharing plant versus its parent and there's a standard that you have to meet called substantial equivalence they have to be equivalent in terms and

this genetically modified plant is up to. center of a controversy a controversy about how we deal with one of the most powerful technologies mankind has ever created. a technology that is polarizing society. the protagonists include a now retired professor at e.t.h. who believes his golden rice will save children throughout the entire world. are swiss agricultural chemical corporation that first wanted to commercialize the miracle rice and changed its mind. and a country where tests are being carried out that would be prohibited in other places. and. researchers who manipulate crops are demanding more freedom the freedom to conduct their research free of political constraints they feel the moratorium that has been imposed on genetic technology for years unfairly hinders them in their efforts but public distrust of genetic manipulation has been immense for many years. artificially modifying the genetic structure of plants and animals scares people also because researchers are hesitant to reveal their secrets and explain exactl

the genetic anymore the fate products are. due to have we should not sacrifice the help of the the people and even though they vironment for the sake of short term propping up the corporations the miracle race from switzerland is up against a great deal of opposition and mistrust. you get the feeling you want to help these people but they don't want your help. you know exactly rights does not surprise you. as a citizen of switzerland you must have had plenty of opportunity to recognize how unpopular trends genetic plants are this golden rice is considered a dangerous plant by professional opponents of genetic engineering because it simultaneously shows that the technology is not only being used to benefit months until but to help the poor for the public good and to improve public health is that no one is making any profit from it. this name in my entire life i've never received a penny for our work the entire humanitarian board has invested its own time but never received any money for it so that means the entire arguments the

it's billions landed in the center of a genetic modification scandal. the majority of congress are now millionaires for the first time in history according to the center for responsive politics which sounds pretty insulting when the average american is not doing so well financially this seems bad like a bunch of rich guys rule the country which they kind of do but one could argue that congress isn't rich enough first off due to inflation a billion dollars is not as much as it used to be especially the cost of one campaign to get in a congress costs around one million six hundred thousand dollars so yeah a million dollars of net worth may sound pretty rich to you or me but the expensive game of us politics these guys can't even afford the costs related to getting the work electoral campaigns are a big money affair so it is no surprise that people like you or me can't get into the law making business without selling at least a little piece of our souls to someone who has very deep pockets so again the problem isn't that congressmen are wealthy it is that

the seeds and genetically engineered in the city and this is something. if the horse. is the golden rice a blessing or a curse we went to the philippines in search of the answer. the country is home to nineteen million rice eaters here rice is not just a basic food state it's part of the culture. this is where people are being asked to abandon their a custom ways and switch to the new golden yellow type of rice. we traveled to the philippines to find out how this idea is being implemented we were told the authorities would decide within the year whether to approve the rice. at the international rice research institute preparations are well underway the erie wants to bring the new strain of rice to market. our quest began in the capital city of manila a metropolis with a population of twelve million. do the people of the philippines want this kind of product have all the respect identified or are people afraid of unforeseen side effects that might occur when store shelves are filled with a genetically modified version of their most important basic food stuffs. were stuc

first ever long term experiment with genetically engineered food the result that genetic corn caused tumors the study was conducted by french genetic researcher seventy. the tumors appeared as early as four months into the study as you know the earliest a tumor can develop is after ninety days they exploded in quantity as well as the number of kidney and liver diseases that resulted in the death of the rats beginning around the end of the first year that means after about half of the normal life time for these animals than any human. several leni interprets the development of tumors like this the genetic manipulation change the chemical composition of the feed corn that may have depressed the animals immune defense against cancer. if a result show that all the genetically engineered projects already being distributed really should be stopped this study elicited very controversial reactions in the scientific community genetic research is a highly charged topic politically and illogically several eenie calls for close examination of the risks also those of golden rice only if you take