1. GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD

2. DID YOU KNOW THAT… 80% OF OUR GROCERIES IN GERMANY SOMEHOW CAME INTO CONTACT WITH GENETIC ENGINEERING WHILE THEIR PRODUCTION?

3. WHATIS GM FOOD? GM food products have had their genetic characteristics altered through genetic engineering techniques.

4. THE METHOD Step 2 They locate the gene and cut it out with the help of enzymes Step 1 Scientists take out the DNA from one organism Step 3 Then the gene is bounded with a marker gene Step 4 Scientists insert the new recombinant DNA

5. MOST COMMON GM CROPS

6. 70% OF WORLDS SOY PRODUCTION HAS BEEN GENETICALLY MODIFIED

7. THERE ARE TWO MAIN TYPES OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS THAT ARE GROWN WORLDWIDE

8. (1) HERBICIDE-RESISTANT CROPS

9. (2)TOXIN PRODUCING CROPS

10. WHERE ARE GM CROPS GROWN?

11. WHERE ARE GM CROPS GROWN? USA 53.0% ARGENTINA 18.0%BRAZIL 11.5%CANADA 6.1% 88.6% IN AMERICA!

12. POSITIVE ARGUMENTS  CROPS GROW FASTER  reduce world hunger?  CROPS PROSPER UNDER NON-OPTIMAL CONDITIONS  lead to financial gain & fight poverty ?

13. NEGATIVE ARGUMENTS  ANIMALS ARE KILLED  SOIL AND GROUNDWATER IS POISONED  FARMERS ARE DEPENDENT ON BIG GM COMPANIES SUCH AS MONSANTO

14. EFFECTS ON HUMAN BODY? INFERTILITY? INCREASES HEART PROBLEMS ? INCREASES LIVER PROBLEMS? NEW ALLERGIES? ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE? INCREASES CHANCES OF GETTING CANCER?

15. NO LONG TERM STUDIESHAVE BEEN CONDUCTED UNTIL NOW

16. WATCH WHAT YOU EAT. IT CONCERNS US ALL.