Friday, June 8, 2007
Different types of GM food
*Herbicide- and insecticide-resistant soybeans, corn, cotton ,flaxseed and canola
*Sweet potato resistant to a virus that could decimate most of the African harvest
*Bovine somatotropinprotein (BST) supplement to increase cows' milk yields
*Rice with increased iron and vitamins that may alleviate chronic malnutrition in Asian
*Variety of plants able to survive weather extremes
*Bananas that produce human vaccines against infectious diseases such as hepatitis B
*Plants that produce new plastics with unique properties
*Fish that mature more quickly
*Fruit and nut trees that yield years earlier
*Golden rice: a rice that can make beta-carotene (which our bodies make into vitamin A) is grown in parts of the world where people are deficient in vitamin A
*Potatoes that contain extra protein go on sale
*Salt tolerant tomatoes
*Sunflowers resistant to white mould marketed
*Decaffeinated coffee
*Longer lasting tomatoes that can be grown on land that can't normally be used for agriculture because of salt level in soil
*Cheese produced with the help of chymosin from GM micro-organisms
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