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1. Genetically modified foods By Jack Keary Per 9

3. Codominant alleles are not recessive or dominant. These alleles will not be covered up in the offspring and will be shown in the organism.

5. Human Genome Project 2 On May 21st, President George Bush signed a law the Genetic Information Act (GINA) Because of this legislation, Americans will be free to undergo genetic testing for diseases such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes. Genetic testing also will help doctors catch problems early, perhaps leading to preventive treatment and lower costs.

6. Argument 1 I think Genetically modified foods are bad for society because they could possibly present certain dangers to people’s heath. Golden Rice is rice that has been genetically engineered to contain beta-carotene and other carotenoids in the endosperm. When the rice is consumed, some carotenoids are converted in the body into vitamin A.I prefer white rice to golden rice because I would rather not take any chances when it comes to my health. Prior to knowing this I would have had golden rice, but now I know it is Genetically modified so I would prefer to play it safe and spare myself to the potential risk it brings to my health. Originally golden rice did not provide the needed amount of vitamin A and if mistakes like this were made, then many others may have been made as well.

8. Argument 4 My last argument is that, despite the increasing amount of information about the potential health risks, there is still a lack of research about this considering that these products would be consumed by people and may directly affect their health. Although many people think that genetically modified foods can negatively affect the health of organisms, not much research has been done to confirm or disprove this theory. With a lack of existing evidence to help either side I do not think these foods should be eaten. If more evidence can be found, then further conclusions must be made about whether or not humans should consume these foods, but until that time these foods should not be eaten or produced.

11. Work Cite Hosansky, D. (2001, March 30). Biotech foods. CQ Researcher, 11, 249-272. Retrieved from http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/ "Genetically Modified Foods: Are They a Risk to Human/Animal Health? (ActionBioscience)." ActionBioscience - Promoting Bioscience Literacy. Web. 24 Mar. 2011. <http://www.actionbioscience.org/biotech/pusztai.html>. "Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues --Genome Research." Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Web. 24 Mar. 2011. <http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/elsi.shtml>.