HW for Nov.13,08: Genetically Modified Food
I’m Azumi.
Summary: are there environmental, moral, or health issues associated with genetically modified food? Should it be banned?
Questions:
1.WHY can the U.S. judge that GM food is safe to release on the market after it tested for nine years?
2.Should GM and non-GM food be labbeled [SPELLING] for consumers to choose which types of food they want?
Vocabulary:
1.radical:–adjective 1.of or going to the root or origin; fundamental: a radical difference. 2.thoroughgoing or extreme, esp. as regards change from accepted or traditional forms: a radical change in the policy of a company. 3.favoring drastic political, economic, or social reforms: radical ideas; radical and anarchistic ideologues. 4.forming a basis or foundation.5.existing inherently in a thing or person: radical defects of character. 6.Mathematics. a.pertaining to or forming a root.b.denoting or pertaining to the radical sign.c.irrational (def. 5b). 7.Grammar. of or pertaining to a root.8.Botany. of or arising from the root or the base of the stem.
2:moratorium:1.a suspension of activity: a moratorium on the testing of nuclear weapons. 2.a legally authorized period to delay payment of money due or the performance of some other legal obligation, as in an emergency.3.an authorized period of delay or waiting.
3:precaution:–noun 1.a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.2.caution employed beforehand; prudent foresight.
These meanings are from dictionary.com.
I’m a little confused by your first question. Why or how? How many years of testing do you think needs to be done in order for something to be considered safe?
