English for Natural Sciences

by:
Dimas Farayndra Pranidhana
Dyah Ayu Purbasari
Fransisca Vinda Natalia Sung
Imanuel Irawan
What is GMO?
The History of GMO
 Foods Containing GMO
 Most packaged foods contain ingredients
derived from corn, soy, canola, and sugar
beet.
 Animal products such as eggs, milk, meat,
honey, and seafood.
 Derivative of processed plants such as
syrup, molasses, sucrose, textured
vegetable protein, flavorings, vitamins
yeast products, microbes & enzymes,
flavors, oil & fats, protein, and sweeteners.
 Risk Level of GMO
Risk Level Examples
High-Risk Alfalfa, Canola, Corn, Cotton, Papaya
Soy, Sugar beet, Yellow summer squash
/ Zucchini, Animal products, Microbes
and enzymes, Potato
Low-Risk Lentils, Spinach.Tomatoes, Sesame
seeds, Avocados
Non-Risk
Monitored-Risk Flax, Mustard, Rice,Wheat, Apple,
Mushroom, Orange, Pineapple,
Camelia (false flax), Salmon, Sugarcane,
Tomato
 The Effects of GMO
 Affect Farmers  Affect Environment
‘A serious threat’ ‘Toxic’
 Our Concerns
 No scientific consensus on the safety.
 “An artificial construct that has been
falsely perpetuated.”
 No epidemiological studies investigating
potential effects.
 Thank You

Sources:
https://www.nongmoproject.org/gmo-facts/
https://www.nongmoproject.org/gmo-facts/what-is-gmo/