Cognatas

Cognatos

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GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD
Food for thought

Public hostility to the genetic modification of crops risks slowing down the development of a potentially important technology - which is why more must be done to reassure consumers

Genetic modification, or GM, is a way of adding genes conferring resistance to insect, fungal and viral pests to plants that might otherwise succumb or require pesticides. It can also foster herbicide-resistance, meaning that weeds can be easily killed even among standing crops. All this increases yields and should (at least in a free market, which is admittedly a rare occurrence in agriculture) reduce prices. In the future, its proponents hope, it may also enhance a crop's nutritional value.
Yet despite these benefits, protests against GM are mounting, especially but not only in Europe. GM crops are unpopular; many people positively hate them. As one Essex protester put it, "My only objection to genetically modified foods is that they're unsafe, unwanted and unnecessary."

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|1. genetically | |
|2. modified | |
|3. public |