A Growing Concern. Jane Rissler.
by Rissler, Jane; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 50Health. Publisher: Catalyst, 2005ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Corn | Drug residues in food | Food -- Safety measures | Food contamination | Functional foods | Genetically modified foods | Plant genetic engineering | Public health | Soybean | United States Dept. of Agriculture | United States Food and Drug AdmDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Summer visitors to the midwest marvel at the expanse of corn and soybean farms seemingly stretching from horizon to horizon. Indeed, each year these two crops are grown on more than one hundred million acres across the country, with the vast majority planted in the midwestern Corn Belt. What most visitors probably do not know is that some of these corn and soybean plants have been genetically engineered to produce drugs, vaccines, and industrial chemicals. These crops--called pharmaceutical and industrial crops, or 'pharma' crops--look just like the commodity corn and soybean used for consumer food products and animal feed. Yet, unlike commodity crops, pharma crops produce hormones, enzymes, diagnostic compounds, plastics, and other substances that might harm consumers and animals if inadvertently digested." (CATALYST) The article examines a Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) report on "how we can keep our food supply safe."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: A Growing Concern, Spring 2005; pp. 2-5.
"Summer visitors to the midwest marvel at the expanse of corn and soybean farms seemingly stretching from horizon to horizon. Indeed, each year these two crops are grown on more than one hundred million acres across the country, with the vast majority planted in the midwestern Corn Belt. What most visitors probably do not know is that some of these corn and soybean plants have been genetically engineered to produce drugs, vaccines, and industrial chemicals. These crops--called pharmaceutical and industrial crops, or 'pharma' crops--look just like the commodity corn and soybean used for consumer food products and animal feed. Yet, unlike commodity crops, pharma crops produce hormones, enzymes, diagnostic compounds, plastics, and other substances that might harm consumers and animals if inadvertently digested." (CATALYST) The article examines a Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) report on "how we can keep our food supply safe."
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