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1 What are some safety & ethical concerns regarding transgenic plants?
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Accidental release of transgenic plants
a. Cross-breed with native plants? b. Antibiotic R spreading? Impacts on other organisms c. Monarch butterfly & BT-cotton d. BT-corn consumption by people Selecting for Superbugs? (Pesticide R) Allergens Encountering proteins not normally found in food Cost Some seeds engineered so can’t reproduce Small farmers depend on large AG corporations Patents Companies need them Poorer countries can’t afford products |
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Phytoremediation
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a. Using plants to remove toxic compounds from soil
b. miles & miles of roots underground c. Roots take up heavy metals & other toxic compounds d. Sometimes kills plants/trees |
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Polymerse chain reaction
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is a technique to amplify a single or few copies of a piece of DNA across several orders of magnitude, generating thousands to millions of copies of a particular DNA sequence
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