Genetic Engineering is the transplantation of one gene to another, both between genes and across genes, toproduce valuable products for living beings. The rapid growth genetic engineering in Indonesia GeneticallyModified (GM) food has raised many worries issues about these foods posing a health risk whenconsumed. Concerns GM are increasing, including possibility allergic reactions, genetransfer...

The effects of Italian and U.S. consumers’ risk perceptions, knowledge and awareness of GM foods, and trust in government agencies on willingness to buy GM foods is examined. Results indicated that effects of risk perception of GM foods to human health and the environment are quite similar between Italian and U.S. consumers. Higher levels of perceived risk decrease the likelihood of purchasing ...

With the development of biotechnology, more and more genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have entered commercial market. Because of the safety concerns, detection and characterization of GMOs have attracted much attention recently. In this study, electrochemiluminescence polymerase chain reaction (ECL-PCR) combined with hybridization technique was applied to detect the GMOs in genetically mod...

The intensification of agriculture has provided cheaper more plentiful food, but has also caused declines in farmland wildlife. The introduction of genetically modified (GM) crops may exacerbate this, or offer new ways of mitigating anthropogenic impacts. The potential consequences of the introduction of GM crops have been studied for over a decade, since commercialization. Although the specifi...

The widespread use of genetically modified crops has precipitated acrimonious debate on the health effects, environmental safety, and ethics of genetically modified agricultural species. The debate is contentious, often with unsubstantiated claims of both potentially harmful and beneficial effects. Here we examine the possible effects of GM agriculture on issues of the environment and biodivers...

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have been developed and commercialized in many countries for the past decade. The regulations on these GMOs in Korea have been established through the labeling and safety evaluation systems for management of genetically modified (GM) foods under the Food Sanitation Act enacted by the Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA). To manage these regulations eff...

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) hold enormous potential to improve human and environmental health, yet may also entail potential risks. GMO regulation in the European Union, as in most countries, occurs solely via a risk analysis, with no consideration given to benefits of the proposed technology, nor to the relative risks of competing technologies. Thus, decision-making is not contextual...

Abstract Cryptic species in coral reefs, such as sea slugs, represent an important portion of their biodiversity, which is usually underestimated. Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) have been implemented to estimate cryptic diversity reefs. Therefore, this research aimed contribute the southern Gulf Mexico (GM) and Caribbean Sea (CAR) reefs’ slugs’ distribution using ARMS a collection...

A procedure is presented for developing environmental risk hypotheses associated with the deployment of forest trees genetically modified to have altered wood properties and for selecting non-target species to test these hypotheses. Altered-lignin Pinus radiata trees intended for use in New Zealand are used as a hypothetical case study to illustrate our...

The testing and release of genetically modified organisms (GMOs)—in particular GM plants—is tightly regulated internationally to prevent any negative effects on the environment or human health. However, these regulations are based on transgenic organisms and do not discriminate between transgenic plants and cisgenic plants, although we believe that they are fundamentally different (see sidebar)...