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Genetic Engeneering of Food

wo basic categories: plants engineered to include their own pesticide, a toxin produced by the BT (Bacillus thuringiensis) bacterium, and the plants engineered to survive weed killers, including the so-called Roundup Ready soybeans and cotton (p.96). Virus spread is a substantial issue of genetic engineering. Viruses are introduced into modified plants in order to designate specific wants from the geneticist. Spread through the infected genetically engineered species. Geneticists implant genes into the modified plant and sometimes it involves a strand of virus. The virus has the potential risk of introducing an epidemic, so far not many cases of viral spread have arisen, but these plants have the potential to reintroduce controlled viruses. The Cauliflower Mosaic virus is placed in most current genetically engineered agriculture (www.twnside.org). Experimentation has found that the virus has the ability to cross species and infect neighboring crops. The Cauliflower mosaic virus also has the potential to create new strands of virus. Viruses are commonly used for tasks unrelated to the quality of the food and dont need to be in vegetables. Genetic engineering has recently been blamed for new emergence of viruses responsible for reemerging cases of tuberculosis, cholera and malaria and emergence of the Aids, Ebola and Hepatitis C viruses (www.twnside.org). Other emerging viruses less known but still potentially lethal which are very young to us these include Monkey Pox, Hanta virus and Infectious Bursal Disease Virus (www.twnside.org). A few of the viruses proposed to be introduced for genetic modification include the rabies virus added to tomatoes to act as a low cost vaccine and the African scorpion virus which is still to be fully understood (eagle.westnet.gr) These viruses have the potential of creating a global epidemic of disease. The plants are introduced at phenomenal rates and the public is unaware of what the food t...

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