Food plays an important role in culture and societal life of human, and has religious and ethnical significance to people. Hence, GM foods resulting from the science and technology of genetic modification will be faced with social and ethical resistance.
In developed countries, surveys indicate that lack of information is not the primary reason for opposition to GM foods there. They are quite aware that their lives are full of risks that need to be balanced against each other and against the potential benefits. A key finding is that people do not react so much to genetic modification as a specific technology, but rather to the context in which GMOs are developed and the purported benefits they are to produce. However developing countries, lack of knowledge and awareness plays a significant role in opposition to GM foods.
One major point of arguments against GM crops is the ethical concern. Some people believe it is a violation of natural organisms’ intrinsic values. In addition, there are some other reasons including: tampering with nature by mixing genes among species; objections to consuming animal genes in plants and vice versa; stress for animal.
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/gmfood.shtml
http://www.123biotech.com/gm-crops-ethical-concerns.shtml
In developed countries, surveys indicate that lack of information is not the primary reason for opposition to GM foods there. They are quite aware that their lives are full of risks that need to be balanced against each other and against the potential benefits. A key finding is that people do not react so much to genetic modification as a specific technology, but rather to the context in which GMOs are developed and the purported benefits they are to produce. However developing countries, lack of knowledge and awareness plays a significant role in opposition to GM foods.
One major point of arguments against GM crops is the ethical concern. Some people believe it is a violation of natural organisms’ intrinsic values. In addition, there are some other reasons including: tampering with nature by mixing genes among species; objections to consuming animal genes in plants and vice versa; stress for animal.
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/gmfood.shtml
http://www.123biotech.com/gm-crops-ethical-concerns.shtml
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