GM food - blessing or curse? by https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv en-us 2018-11-20 16:18:37 UTC 2025-12-10 12:04:09 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Pizza.png be23 https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/306421110 2018-11-20 16:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/306421110 be23 https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/306515337 2018-11-20 19:53:49 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/306515337 be23 https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/306517087 2018-11-20 19:58:31 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/306517087 be23 https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/306518253 2018-11-20 20:01:48 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/306518253 genetically modified food https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308144440 INITIALS, pls]]> 2018-11-27 07:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308144440 changing a plant's height https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308144506 INITIALS, pls

]]> 2018-11-27 07:47:56 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308144506 resistance to insects https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308149006 LR]]> 2018-11-27 08:05:38 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308149006 tolerance to herbicides https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308149050 LR]]> 2018-11-27 08:05:51 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308149050 tolerance for heat, cold, or drought https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308149144 LR]]> 2018-11-27 08:06:13 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308149144 crop yield https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308150293 LR]]> 2018-11-27 08:10:51 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308150293 genes go into different plant species https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308151271 LR]]> 2018-11-27 08:14:57 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308151271 Mutations of plants which couldn't be good for health https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308154382 PJ]]> 2018-11-27 08:26:42 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308154382 food/plants where genes were changed or edited in DNA https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308155042 PJ]]> 2018-11-27 08:28:54 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308155042 much more earnings of the harvest https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308155889 PJ]]> 2018-11-27 08:32:05 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308155889 GM food in Germany is legal but not widely spread https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308156576 PJ]]> 2018-11-27 08:34:38 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308156576 Corn for example can be gentically modified to have resistances against insects https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308157552 DL]]> 2018-11-27 08:37:52 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308157552 Species could go extinct https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308174665 DL]]> 2018-11-27 09:41:40 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308174665 Efficiency https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308175053 DL]]> 2018-11-27 09:42:53 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308175053 alternatives to chemical pestizides/damages https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308197898 DC]]> 2018-11-27 10:57:06 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308197898 safe to eat? https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308199011
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DC]]> 2018-11-27 11:01:54 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308199157 GM Food has been on the American market since 1990 https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308199789 DC]]> 2018-11-27 11:04:38 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308199789 food stays fresh (longer) https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308200379 DC]]> 2018-11-27 11:06:52 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308200379 Golden Rice https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308200777 is called a lifesaver and stops starvation and causes a lower risk of infection and disease 
DC]]> 2018-11-27 11:08:19 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308200777 Asia: different areas, some with and some without GM crops https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308202134 LH]]> 2018-11-27 11:12:55 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308202134 improving quality so that it can be used for the production of industrial raw materials or the manufacture of medicines https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308207013 JW]]> 2018-11-27 11:30:17 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308207013 Long-term studies on the consequences for humans are not available yet. https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308207990 JW]]> 2018-11-27 11:34:03 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308207990 damage to other insects https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308208524 JW]]> 2018-11-27 11:36:14 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308208524 Amflora (potato): first genetically modified plant that has been approved for cultivation in the EU since 1998 https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308208991 JW]]> 2018-11-27 11:37:53 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308208991 In Germany, there's a ban on bt-corn since 2009. https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308209764 JW]]> 2018-11-27 11:40:45 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308209764 German genetic engineering law defines conditions https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308210663 JW]]> 2018-11-27 11:44:06 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308210663 comprehensive and thorough testing procedure for cultivation https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308211151 JW]]> 2018-11-27 11:46:03 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308211151 GM is defined as food items that has had their DNA changed through genetic engineering https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308264855 SS]]> 2018-11-27 13:57:00 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308264855 Most likely on crop plants (e.g. corn, soybeans..) https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308265576 SS]]> 2018-11-27 13:58:13 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308265576 They could have unpredictable and hard-to-detect side effects on the human body (e.g. allergies, antibiotic resistances) https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308268083 SS]]> 2018-11-27 14:02:27 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308268083 Engineering seeds --> GM food with stronger colors, increased shelf life, no seeds. https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308269748 SS]]> 2018-11-27 14:05:29 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308269748 sustainable ways to feed people https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308271401 SS]]> 2018-11-27 14:08:10 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308271401 The European Commission requires GM food products in Europe to be labeled. https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308272389 SS]]> 2018-11-27 14:09:40 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308272389 the goal is to make plants resistent to heat, drought, varmint, pesticide and overflow; increase harvest and improve quality https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308272588 AH]]> 2018-11-27 14:09:58 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308272588 bigger crop yields, cheaper to grow, high quality, more nutritious food. --> efficiency https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308275076 SS]]> 2018-11-27 14:13:41 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308275076 the german genetic engineering law has a lot of requirements that farmers have too fulfill to be abled to grow GM food legally https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308277118 AH]]> 2018-11-27 14:16:41 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308277118 genetic modification can spread to other not originally genetically modified plants https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308278213 AH]]> 2018-11-27 14:18:26 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308278213 GM food can be improved for better results in manifacture of medicine or production of industrial resources https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308283042 AH]]> 2018-11-27 14:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308283042 genetically modified plants could have a resistance against some pests https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308284553 AK ]]> 2018-11-27 14:27:52 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308284553 genetically modified food can save the availability of food for the global population https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308289607 AK

]]> 2018-11-27 14:35:29 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308289607 Genetically modified (GM) foods are organisms that have had new genes added to themselves from other organisms. https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308299117
SL]]> 2018-11-27 14:48:51 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308299117 GM food increases the overall food production https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308300616 SL ]]> 2018-11-27 14:50:50 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308300616 health benefits https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308303457 GM foods have been engineered to include additional nutrients in foods that may offer additional health benefits that may not be available to the originally.
SL]]> 2018-11-27 14:54:34 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308303457 https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308305790 Farmers have less of a need to apply pesticides or herbicides to their crops->cheaper, potentially increases the health benefits of the food 
SL]]> 2018-11-27 14:57:41 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308305790 https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308310966 Can be grown in non-traditional locational-> more people can be feed 
SL]]> 2018-11-27 15:05:31 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308310966 GMO Plants are no more risky than their non-GMO equivalent. https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308447502 BA]]> 2018-11-27 18:26:41 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308447502 Genetic engeneering means controlled manipulation of the genes in an organism with the intent of making that organism better in some way. Usually this get´s done by nature themselve. https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308448674 BA]]> 2018-11-27 18:28:32 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308448674 Generetic engeneering eliminates selective Breeding. We can choose the traits we want. For example bigger crops, immune to pests,... https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308449809 BA]]> 2018-11-27 18:30:25 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308449809 Selective breeding means the process of selecting the „best“ plants and animals. The humanity did this for thousand of years. So with every generation the crop of plants and animals get better and better https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308450702 BA]]> 2018-11-27 18:31:52 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308450702 for example: rape, rice, wheat without gluten, tomatos, yeast for low calorie beer https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308480178 FA]]> 2018-11-27 19:15:08 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308480178 disorder in the ecological balance https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308484432 FA]]> 2018-11-27 19:21:32 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308484432 food with more essential nutrients -> for example omega-3 fatty acids https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308488229 FA]]> 2018-11-27 19:27:11 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308488229 GM Food is an example for artificial selection by a breeder https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308493870 LD]]> 2018-11-27 19:36:03 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308493870 products from animals (for example eggs or milk), which were feed with GM food , don't need to be labeled https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308498326 FA]]> 2018-11-27 19:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308498326 According to the law GM food is... https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308498893 An organism, other than a human being, whose genetic material has been altered in a way that doesn't occur under natural conditions by cross-breeding or natural recombination.
LD]]> 2018-11-27 19:44:02 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308498893 GM food could damage our health, which we wouldn't notice until decades of consumption have past https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308502378 LD]]> 2018-11-27 19:49:51 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308502378 damages of the human body due to GM food could only be apparent in the next generations https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308505073 LD]]> 2018-11-27 19:54:35 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308505073 possible creation of products with stronger allergens https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308508238 LD]]> 2018-11-27 20:00:24 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308508238 the unsuspecting usage of glyphosate in the USA on soy plants made several kind of weeds resistant to the herbicide (glyphosate), now there isn't a herbicide anymore which can kill them https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308510331 LD]]> 2018-11-27 20:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308510331 Genetic modification is a natural process, nature has been doing this for about 4 billion years https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308515589 LD]]> 2018-11-27 20:14:37 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308515589 Products with a "Ohne Gentechnik"-Seal in Germany had to fulfil special requirements, to assure that no genetically modified elements are in there https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308517563 LD]]> 2018-11-27 20:18:13 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308517563 Gm Food means : https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308518874 Food that consists out of or is made out of genetically changed animals, plantscht microorganism 

S]]> 2018-11-27 20:20:58 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308518874 it is however permitted in Germany to treat the animals (cows, chickens) with genetically modified medicine https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308519698 LD]]> 2018-11-27 20:22:44 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308519698 Germany: obligation to label products if it contains more than 0,9% of genetically modified elements https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308520354 LD]]> 2018-11-27 20:24:22 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308520354 https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308520451 Influences the process of evolution, so that this natural way of selecting arts, couldn’t work 
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]]> 2018-11-27 20:26:10 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308521205 Main GM plants worldwide https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308521424 Soybeans, corn, cotton, rape, sugar beets
LD]]> 2018-11-27 20:26:38 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308521424 Most important producers of GM food https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308522355 USA, China, Brasil, Canada, India and Argentina
LD]]> 2018-11-27 20:28:38 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308522355 https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308522387 Very tolerant against weather and insects or pests
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SN]]> 2018-11-27 20:33:53 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308524544 food which is genetically modified need to be marked as genetically modified in the EU https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308528135 AK]]> 2018-11-27 20:41:46 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308528135 the most popular GM food in the world are maize, soybeans and rape https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308529371 AK]]> 2018-11-27 20:44:34 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308529371 GM food is not popular in Germany because the most people wouldn`t buy it. But it is legal https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308530930 AK]]> 2018-11-27 20:48:05 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308530930 improvement in quality of the food https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308533262 AK ]]> 2018-11-27 20:54:03 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308533262 biodiversity https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308651294 possible (negative) influence on natural biodiversity 
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A]]> 2018-11-28 07:47:35 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308652450 Most popular GM Food https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308657280 2018-11-28 08:10:11 UTC https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308657280 Most popular GM Organisation https://padlet.com/be23/dccz7ybh6hgv/wish/308657863 It‘s Monsanto, an organisation that produced genetically modified seeds and pesticides in the USA
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