APES: Harvest of Fear Part I: Introduction

1: Who is the ELF? What are they against? The Earth Liberation Front, against bio-technology 2: Which crop was the catalyst to the GMO food industry? Papaya 3: What is the gene gun? How does it work? The gene gun is a shot of a gene into any organism which is propelled by compressed gas

Part II: BT
4: Which university was the 1st to try GMO foods? Cornell University 5: What were some of the first ideas for GMOs? A gene from a fire flies into a tobacco seed so that the plant will grow whenever it needs to be water, also a gene that enables an artic flounder to tolerate cold into a strawberry to protect it from frost damage. 6: Who are Monsanto? What did they set out to do? Monsanto is an agro chemical company; bro-technology might offer a way out of the pesticide business. Wanted to build a new industry. 7: What is a big risk for corn crops? What is the problem with spraying with pesticides?

European corn borer caterpillar, spraying pesticides doesnt kill the caterpillar it kills other insects that they dont want dead 8: What is BT? What does it do? Helps as a pesticide to kill insects which might kill the crop, Bacillus thuringiensis 9: Why was genetically engineering considered to be a saver of the environment? Because BT crops replace pesticides which helps protect the crop from harmful insects 10: When did GM foods get into the widespread media? When the majority of soy, cotton and a third of all corn where genetically modified

Part III: The Anti-GM Movement

11: What did the European Union vote for? Didnt want gm food in their country 12: What did the University of New Mexico researchers find out from surveys and focus groups? Only 20% say yes they do, s fair number say that they dont know, and majority say no they dont 13: What is your opinion on GMOs? (Before watching the video?) There good and bad its good for the use of the environment but bad because you dont know what is really in it your dont know what might happens if you eat GMOs for your whole life 14: Can someone prove that GM foods are safe? No one can prove that GMs are safe for food because humans cant eat pesticides and thats what humans are eaten when they eat GM;s pesticides.

15: How are GM foods tested for safety? They cant be tested for safety all we have is there trust 16: How does Monsanto test their GM foods at the molecular level? Tested on mouses in doses a 1000 times greater than humans 17: What do the USDA, FDA and EPA do for GM foods? USDA: Checks that there safe to grow FDA: Checks that there safe to eat EPA: Gets involved with crops that contain pesticides such as BT Corn

Part IV: Allergies

18: Why are people concerned about allergies with GM crops? 8% of children, 2% of adults of allergenic reactions to traditional foods, and GM have proteins and other things that we have never consumed as humans because we never need to and that that we have or are about to how will it affect us 19: Why should people have confidence in GM foods? Because they are based off of three decades of research 20: What does the Union of Concerned Scientists believe should be done? Believes that this research needs special awareness 21: What happened to Star link Corn? Explain the events and consequences. It was engineered to make a toxin called Cry 9 C, it looks just like regular corn, only for animal consumption

22: Describe the meaning of the statement, The absence of evidence isnt the absence of harm. Means that just because gmo foods arent labeled on food products doesnt mean its bad for you/ trying to kill you

Part V: GM History
23: How do humans get different types of fruits and vegetables? Conventional breeding crossing one type of thing with another type of thing 24: What are some of the risks of natural breeding of fruits and vegetables? You are introducing the human body to thinks that we have never taken in before 25: What is the difference between classic breeding and genetic engineering? Classic- 10 to 1000 of genes at a time, GE- precise and accurate an easier 26: Do you believe that a single gene in a new species would change the species as a whole? Yes it does. It changes the way the plant is and what we take in when we eat them. 27: Monsanto holds 28 % of U.S. agricultural patents.

Part VI: GMOs and the Environment

28: Monarch Butterflies love to drink from mushy slices of banana, oranges and watermelon. 29: What did the scientists find out about the BT Corn and Monarch Butterfly Caterpillars? BT Corn a can kill the eggs/caterpillars laid by Monarch Butterflies

Part VII: GMOs and Consumers

30: What is the difference between BT Corn Pollen in the lab and in the field? In the lab it is doesnt have to worry about weather and insects but in the field it has to worry about weather changes and insects 31: Why is it so hard to know if BT Corn Pollen is harmful to Monarch Butterflies in the field? Because caterpillars do eat BT corn can die from eating it but the caterpillars also die from there predators 32: If you had the choice between BT Corn and spraying with insecticide- which would you choose and why? I would choose BT Corn its better 33: What does it mean when food is organically grown? Grown in the farms and naturally grown 34: What are the fears of using BT Corn over time? What are the side effects because we never ate pesticides

Part VIII: Pesticide Resistance & Feeding the World

35: What has the EPA mandated against the pesticide resistance? How should this help? Approved labeling indicates mandatory, EPA has issued guidance on how registrants can ensure that their updated SDSs 36: Why is it hard to guarantee that foods are GM free? Because they mix no gmo foods with gmo foods so you cant tell the different 37: What is subsistence agriculture?

Is self-sufficiency farming in which the farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their families 38: Why did Monsanto invest in the sweet potato for Africa? What were the results? Many Africans were starving and had bad land to grow crops so a gmo sweet potatoes wasnt something they can turn down but it had a negative result, didnt cos them that much also because they can

Part VIIII: Feeding the World

39: What is one of the biggest problems with soil in farming in parts of Mexico? The soil erosion in New Mexico, toxic aluminum 40: Why do people resist the idea of helping people with GM foods? Because no is sure that gm foods are good for you because we have never consumed them, didnt believe it was safe

Part X: Success and Challenges

41: How much money did Monsanto donate toward the world agriculture project?
10.5 billion dollars

42: What other actions have the ELF taken? March 11, 1997, Sandy, Utah: A series of pipe bombs and one firebomb claimed jointly by the ALF and the ELF destroys four trucks and leveled the offices of the Agricultural Fur Breeders Co-Op, causing about $1 million in damage 43: The genetic Salmon have been engineered to grow 25 as larger than regular Salmon. 44: What is special about the transgenic Salmon?

They can grow in the winter 45: What is the good genes hypothesis? If a male is large he must be a good parent. Good at finding resources, avoid predators etc.

Part XI: Population Problems

46: What did the model tell us about what would happen if the transgenic fish escaped and ended up mating with regular fish? The transgenic fish would have an advantage because female fish would go for the larger fish 47: What other GM products are in development? Explain the plans for bananas. Transgenic fish, BT corn, BT pollen, bananas that have vaccines in them 48: What is golden rice and how it is helpful? Explain. Rice that prevents kids from golden blind by giving them more vitamin A

Part VII: The Future of GM Products

49: Why is biotech companies worried about labeling GM products? Because biotechnology can change the world, because it likes putting a skull on the box, its telling the people something is wrong/different with this product 50: Why do labels reduce Americans fear of GM food? November 2012- California voters rejected Prop 37, which would have required retailers and food companies to label products made with genetically modified ingredients. It lets the people have a choice that they know what they are eating and putting in their bodies, if labels where there and people know about it more people would be in favor of it because people like to risk but they like to make their own choices

51: In spite of the fact that people in focus groups stated that they would rather see GM foods labeled, proposition 37 was rejected by Californians in November 2012. Voters were concerned about the increased costs of products that would be forced to be labeled. What is your opinion of labeling? I believe that labeling is good because it least Yo know what you put in your body so you know if its good for you or if its bad for you and with the people having a cancer to choose it puts more fate in the people making them because its telling us what theyre doing and not keeping it a secret from us. Conclusion: Write a 5-paragraph persuasive essay (for OR against) on one of the following topics: (see persuasive essay format) * The use of GM food products * The use of labeling for GM products * The use of GM engineering for other products (vaccines, etc.) * Other topic- please gets approval prior