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9. Such advancements might encourage much consumers to increase their fruit and vegetable intake, Henroid said.
10. "They might make (fruits and vegetables) such more available," he said. 'Personally. I think the flavor is much better".
11. And where does this leave the health-conscious shopper?
12. Scrutinizing popular trends, decreasing overall fat consumption and eating a reasonable amount of food are very solid
suggestions.
13. But the maze of food and nutrition fetishes won't become any more clearer in the future.
14. "We're all going to need to be better consumers", said Patti Lucin, NU co-director of health education.
T a s k F o u r. Read, translate and discuss the following article on the GM food.
The GM food controversy is a dispute over the advantages and disadvantages of
genetically modified
(
GM
)
food
crops. No
documented health hazards have come to light since GM food was introduced in the U.S. (1994). Supporters of GM food argue that
close to 150 governmental and/or industry-financed studies, and at least 47 peer reviewed articles in scientific journals have been
published to attest to theoretical claims of safety. Consumer rights groups, such as the
Organic Consumers Association
, and
Greenpeace
respond by claiming the long term health risks which GM could pose, or that the risks of GM have not yet been
adequately investigated.
Some scientists and economists express concern about the alleged harm delaying welfare and environmental improvements, for
instance by
provitamin A
enriched
Golden rice
which is said to have the potential to prevent children from Vitamin A deficiency, and
insect protected, but rice which can potentially reduce exposure of farmers to synthetic insecticides.
Other scientists and studies, however, dispute such findings and argue that GM foods aren't tested to scientific standards before
being released to the public.
Another controversy recently arose around biotech company
Monsanto
's data on a 90-Day Rat Feeding Study on the MON863
strain of GM corn. In May 2005, critics of GM foods pointed to differences in kidney size and blood composition found in this study,
suggesting that the observed differences raises questions about the regulatory concept of
substantial equivalence
.
The raising of this issue prompted the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to reexamine the safety data on this strain of
corn. The EFSA concluded that the observed small numerical decrease in rat kidney weights were not biologically meaningful, and
the weights were well within the normal range of kidney weights for control animals. There were no corresponding microscopic
findings in the relevant organ systems, and all blood chemistry and organ weight values fell within the "normal range of historical
control values" for rats. In addition the EFSA review found that the statistical methods used by Séralini et al in the analysis of the data
were incorrect.
The European Committee has approved the ΜΟΝ863 corn for animal and human consumption.
Séralini et al have now completed a similar analysis of the NK603 strain of corn and have come to similar conclusions as they
did in their previously discredited study.
E x e r c i s e O n e
. Read the article below and write one word to fill the gap.
Public perception
Research by the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology 1. _____ shown that in 2005 Americans' knowledge of genetically
modified foods and animals continues to remain low, and their opinions reflect that they 2. _____ particularly uncomfortable with
animal cloning. The Pew survey also showed that 3. _____ continuing concerns about GM foods, American consumers do not support
banning new uses of the technology, but rather seek 4. _____ active role from regulators to ensure that new products 5. _____ safe.
Only 2 % of Britons are said to be "happy to eat GM foods", and more than half of Britons are against GM foods being available to
the public, according 6. _____ a 2003 study. Interestingly, about 550
Amish
farmers in Pennsylvania 7. _____ adopted GM crops,
because they allow for less intensive farming (fewer pesticides, etc.), are more productive (under most conditions), and do not conflict
8. _____ the Amish lifestyle.
Opponents of genetically modified food often refer 9. _____ it as "Frankenfood", after Mary Shelley's character Frankenstein
and the monster he creates, in her novel of the same name. The term was coined 10. _____ 1992 by Paul Lewis, an English professor
at Boston College who used the word in a letter he wrote to the
New York Times
in response 11. _____ the decision of the US Food
and Drug Administration to allow companies to market genetically modified food. The term "Frankenfood" has become a battle cry of
the European side in the US-EU agricultural trade war.
E x e r c i s e T w o
. Choose the appropriate word in the following sentences about food and drink.
1. He was so hungry he _____ his bowl of pasta in minutes.
А) sent B) horsed C) wolfed D) flung
2. I want to lose weight so I’ve decided to cut _____ cakes and biscuits.
А) up B) off C) short D) out
3. He was not at all hungry and just there _____ at his food.
A) picking B) pecking C) pointing D) licking
4. I’m not good at dieting – I eat sensibly all week but then _____ out on fast food at the weekend.
A) work B) pig C) rent D) eat
5. I was so thirsty I _____ back three glasses of water one after the other.
A) sent B) knocked C) dropped D) headed
6. Eat darling _____ or you’ll be late for school.
A) into B) in C) out D) up
E x e r c i s e T h r e e
. Read the article below and answer the questions:
1. What are the tasks of The European Union funds research programmes?

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