BI SC 002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Herbicide, Bacillus Thuringiensis, Qr Code
12 Oct 2016
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The most common applications of gmo"s are: Insect resistance (bt: herbicide tolerance, resistance to environmental stress, disease resistance, consumer or producer enhanced. Gm crops are grown in 28 nations worldwide. 4. 94 billion acres planted since first approval in 1996. The us is a global leader: over 175 million acres. In some cases food from gm plants appears to be superior in respect to heath -union of german academies of science and humanities. Scientific and regulatory agencies around the world have repeatedly and consistently found crops and food improved through biotechnology to be safe as, if not safer than those derived . No effects on human health have been shown as a result of the consumption of gm foods by the general population in the countries where they have been approved who. There are no internationally agreed recommendations on the labeling of. As of july 2016: the us is the 65th nation to require mandatory labels on foods containing gm ingredients.
