Is genetic modification unsafe? (Part One)
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About the video: ‘Is genetic modification unsafe? (Part One)’
In this two-part series, Dr Mae-Wan Ho describes why Genetic Modification is unsafe. Growing scientific evidence suggests that genes are not permanently fixed, but can change in response to their environment. As a result, GM scientists cannot guarantee that the function and structure of genes will remain unchanged once modified. This has profound safety implications for genetically modified products and renders quality control useless.
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Filmed: Science, Medecine and the Law - RIBA. London, UK on 31 January 2005
Credits: Interviewer - Marcus Morrell Camera and Editor - Marcus Morrell
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About Mae-Wan Ho
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho is a world renowned geneticist & biophysicist. She is Director of the Institute of Science in Society, she is co-founder of the International Science Panel on Genetic Modification and is scientific advisor to the Third World Network. She has written more than 300 publications and over a dozen books including “Genetic Engineering – Dream or Nightmare?” (1998) and “The Case for a GM-free Sustainable World” (2004).
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