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The use of genetically engineering in agriculture and food production has an impact, not only on the environment and different species, but also on human health. Therefore, requires not only an evaluation of impacts of genetically engineered food but also labeling and segregating those products and even restricting them from the market. ... safe-food. ... Genetic engineering uses material from organisms that have never been part of the human food supply, therefore, without long-term testing no one knows if these foods are safe. ...
Many Americans are either unaware or unconcerned that almost 60 percent of processed food contain genetically modified ingredients. Unfortunately, such public apathy supports those genetically engineered ingredients to be freely entering into our
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food supply without consumer understanding and knowledge. ... They are also used as ingredients in mostly everything on the food market even if it’s without consumer consent. ... Despite all health as well as the environmental concerns, businesses producing GE food almost always find a way to sell their products to us. ... Green Peace Organization reports that these GE insect-resistant crops were grown on 8. ... Also, scientists at the University of Chicago in the US demonstrated that GE plants examined in the field tests had a high ability to outcross and transfer genes to non-GE plants.
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