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What is Genetically Engineered Food?

What is Genetically Engineered Food?. İHSAN DOĞRAMACI FOUNDATION BILKENT ERZURUM LABORATORY HIGH SCHOOL. Ayşe AKÇAY ---TR084 /043 Özge AYDIN ---TR084/072. GENETICALLY E NGINEERED FOOD. What is GM food?. What is GM food?. DNA has been changed Not natural

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What is Genetically Engineered Food?

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  1. What is Genetically Engineered Food? Ayşe Akçay - Özge Aydın

  2. İHSAN DOĞRAMACI FOUNDATION BILKENT ERZURUM LABORATORY HIGH SCHOOL Ayşe AKÇAY ---TR084 /043 Özge AYDIN ---TR084/072 GENETICALLYENGINEERED FOOD Ayşe Akçay - Özge Aydın

  3. What is GM food? Ayşe Akçay - Özge Aydın

  4. What is GM food? • DNA has been changed • Not natural • Modern Biotechnology, Gene Technology, Recombinant DNA Technology, Genetic Engineering Ayşe Akçay - Özge Aydın

  5. What is GM food? • Methods: • Transference of selected individual genes • Transference of non-related species Ayşe Akçay - Özge Aydın

  6. What is GM food? Ayşe Akçay - Özge Aydın

  7. Why GE foods grown and produced? Ayşe Akçay - Özge Aydın

  8. Why GE foods grown and produced? • Greater benefit(duration, nutritional value) • Crop protection(against insect, viruses, herbicides) • To prevent food shortage Ayşe Akçay - Özge Aydın

  9. Foods which are Genetically Modified • 99% soybeans, corn, cotton(cottonseed oil), rapeseed • Potatoes, tomatoes, rice, wheat, pumpkin, sunflower, some kind of fishes, papaya, sugar cane, sugar beet, carrot sweet corn. Ayşe Akçay - Özge Aydın

  10. Foods which are Genetically Modified • Banana, strawberry, watermelon, melon, cherry, raspberry, pepper, and pineapple Ayşe Akçay - Özge Aydın

  11. What About Food Security? Ayşe Akçay - Özge Aydın

  12. What About Food Security? Producers of GM foods give due consideration to the potential risks to health and environment Ayşe Akçay - Özge Aydın

  13. Some people have no idea about GM foods... Ayşe Akçay - Özge Aydın

  14. Some People Say it’s Helpful... Ayşe Akçay - Özge Aydın

  15. Some People Say it’s Helpful... • Durable foods • Pest resistance • Herbicide tolerance • Disease, cold, drought resistance • Enhanced taste and quality Ayşe Akçay - Özge Aydın

  16. Some People Say it’s Helpful... Ayşe Akçay - Özge Aydın

  17. Some People Say it’s Harmful... Ayşe Akçay - Özge Aydın

  18. Some People Say it’s Harmful... Ayşe Akçay - Özge Aydın

  19. Some People Say it’s Harmful - Health risks Ayşe Akçay - Özge Aydın

  20. Some People Say it’s Harmful - Health risks Ayşe Akçay - Özge Aydın

  21. Some People Say it’s Harmful... • Environmental hazards • Cultivation becomes depended on companies producing seeds Ayşe Akçay - Özge Aydın

  22. Some People Say it’s Harmful... Ayşe Akçay - Özge Aydın

  23. Common Criticisms Ayşe Akçay - Özge Aydın

  24. Because of religious problems; Labelling? Ayşe Akçay - Özge Aydın

  25. Economic problems Ayşe Akçay - Özge Aydın

  26. Patents for DNA... Ayşe Akçay - Özge Aydın

  27. Global Area of GM Crops Ayşe Akçay - Özge Aydın

  28. Food Poisoning Ayşe Akçay - Özge Aydın

  29. GM Food is Everywhere. Ayşe Akçay - Özge Aydın

  30. GM Food is Everywhere. Ayşe Akçay - Özge Aydın

  31. References • http://www.csa.com/discoveryguides/gmfood/overview.php • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_food • http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fs084 • http://www.who.int/foodsafety/publications/biotech/20questions/en/ • www.stratejikboyut.com/.../gdolu-urunler-nicin-uretiliyor--26422.html • http://www.forumdas.net/saglikli-yasam/gdolu-urunler-36257/ • http://www.bionetonline.org/English/Content/ff_cont3.htm • http://snippits-and-slappits.blogspot.com/2009/05/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none.html • Bilim Teknik Magazine, August 2009 Ayşe Akçay - Özge Aydın

  32. Ayşe AKÇAY – Özge AYDIN Thank You. AyşeAkçay - ÖzgeAydın

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