What are the good news about Genetically modified (GM) food and what are the bad news?

Dec 11, 2006 by Swan S | Posted in Botany

Question:

Answer: Disadvantages of genetic Modification include
•GM crops can contaminate other crops simply by pollen being blown by wind from one field to another.
•Loss of nutritional value.
•The more that gene technology is used, the worse the environment will become.

idgogay4shane | Dec 11, 2006

The good news is that GM food offers opportunity to markedly improve nutrition worldwide, particularly among people who eat lots of rice. There is no bad news.

rhsaunders | Dec 11, 2006

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The bells toll for UPA

17.05.12

The bells toll for the ignominious UPA-II. Having thrown down the gauntlet by asking the Government to resign following the exposure of its lack of majority in both Houses of Parliament, as also loss of support from key coalition partners, the BJP must ensure the downfall of the regime during next year’s Budget Session. All political parties, including UPA allies, must realise that the only way to maximise electoral gains in future Assembly or parliamentary polls is by distancing themselves from the Congress.

Even if political parties are not ready for a mid-term election, it would be politically wise to jettison the lame duck UPA. In the current era of coalitions, parties are agile enough to cobble up a Government and rule for as long as it lasts. One hopes the disastrous tenure of UPA-II would have taught politicians that a Government must go when it loses legitimacy, and they must never agree to amend the Constitution to ensure fixed tenures for regimes that lose parliamentary support.

Source: Daily Pioneer

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