BIO 102 :: LAB Winter 2008

Poster-Check-In Estrada

Due Date: Monday, February 11, 2008_ Name : Jose Martin Martinez
Poster check-in
What topic are you working on?

The topic I am choosing is in regards to the ethics involved in the genetic alteration of
food for human consumption.

List three resources with information on your topic.

For each resource include
a) A complete citation
Oak Ridge National Laboratory. What are Genetically Modified (GM) Foods? Oak
Ridge National Laboratory. Retrieved February 7, 2008, from
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/gmfood.shtml

Powell, Douglas. "Genetically Engineered Foods Should Not Be Labeled." Current

Controversies: Genetic Engineering. Ed. Lisa Yount. San Diego: Greenhaven
Press, 2002. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale. PORTLAND
COMMUNITY COLLEGE. 11 Feb. 2008 <http://0-
find.galegroup.com.library.pcc.edu:80/ovrc/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&ty
pe=retrieve&tabID=T010&prodId=OVRC&docId=EJ3010212226&source=gale
&srcprod=OVRC&userGroupName=port14912&version=1.0>.

Altieri, Miguel A. "The Government Should Test the Safety of Genetically Engineered
Foods." Current Controversies: Genetic Engineering. Ed. James D. Torr. Detroit:
Greenhaven Press, 2006. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale.
PORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE. 11 Feb. 2008 <http://0-
find.galegroup.com.library.pcc.edu:80/ovrc/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&ty
pe=retrieve&tabID=T010&prodId=OVRC&docId=EJ3010212258&source=gale
&srcprod=OVRC&userGroupName=port14912&version=1.0>.

b) 3 - 4 sentences about the information, illustrations, or opinions presented

This source provides me with a lot of facts from the ethical point of view of the US
government in regards to this problem. I am interested in exposing both sides of the coin
so that a better analysis can be made from me and the other students seeing my poster. In
regards to the pictures, I am exposing a lot of images showing how easy is to spread
GMO crops on the fields and some of the after effects that are occurring in other
countries of south America.

c) Whether the source provides facts, opinions or both.

Since there is still uncertainty about the future of genetic engineering and its effects both
pro and con sources are not sure of their bases. They provide both opinion and facts but is
not clear.