ses and sources for transplant organs. Engineering plants to resist herbicides, diseases and pests, to be more nutritious, to grow faster and to improve the taste and quality. Bacteria to produce drugs for livestock and food processing aids. So far, the plants and the bacteria are the only genetically engineered products on the market. Currently tomatoes, papayas, peppers, squash, corn, soybeans, and cotton have been genetically altered to resist herbicides,insects, and disease and to improve the flavor and quality. Plant can produce larger crops than before with less space. Bacteria have been reengineered to produce rennet, which is an enzyme used to make cheese and is widely used by U.S. cheese producers. Bovine Growth Hormone (BGH) is made for engineered bacteria and is used to increase milk production in cows. BGH is currently being used by approximately 10% of the U.S. dairy farms. Some other benefit expected in the near future are reduced levels of natural toxins in the plants, extending the shelf life of food, and simpler and faster methods in located pathogens, toxins and contaminants. Some products being released soon with these benefits are healthier oils, sweeter peas with higher plant yields, bananas and pineapples with delayed ripening qualities and higher protein rice using genes transferred from peas. Further in the future it is expected to help avoid starvation as the world population grows to over 10 billion people by the year 2050. This is expected to be accomplished by increasing a crop's ability to withstand drought and other environmental factors. The benefits expected down the road include safe foods with less allergenic proteins, drought and flood resistance, and tolerance to salt, metals, heat and cold. OPPONENTS This part is going to touch on some of the opponents to genetically modified (GM) foods. One of the biggest is the Prince of Wales and all of England. The Prince has been very vocal in the past on th...
