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Created: June 24, 2003
Latest Update: June 24, 2003
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Protests Against Genetically Modified Food

Site Copyright: Jeanne Curran and Susan R. Takata and Individual Authors, June 2003.
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This essay is based on an article in the Los Angeles Times on June 24, 2003, by Eric Bailey: "Protesters Quietly Decry 'Frankenfood' "

Discussion Questions

1. How does "knowingness" come into play in the issue of genetically modified food?

   Consider the fact that there has been no time for scientific (positivist) studies of these foods, and that there has been even less time to determine whether they will have any genetic effect on how humans reproduce.

   How does the issue of genetically modified food compare to that of stem cell research?

   Consider that both may alter genetic patterns. Consider that the Bush Administration is adamantly opposed to stem research, which relates almost not at all to trade, and adamantly in favor of genetically modified foods, which relate almost directly to trade.