Friday, July 6, 2007

GM food benefits???

Benefits
Crops
-Enhanced taste and quality
-Reduced maturation time
-Increased nutrients, yields, and stress tolerance
-Improved resistance to disease, pests, and herbicides
-New products and growing techniques

Animals
-Increased resistance, productivity, hardiness, and feed efficiency
-Better yields of meat, eggs, and milk
-Improved animal health and diagnostic methods

Environment
"-Friendly" bioherbicides and bioinsecticides
-Conservation of soil, water, and energy
-Bioprocessing for forestry products
-Better natural waste management
-More efficient processing

Society
-Increased food security for growing populations

http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/gmfood.shtml

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