Get Informed about GM Food
Let your fingers do the walking. There are some informative website fact sheets/FAQ pages out there covering the key questions: What are GM foods? Do we need them? Are they safe to eat? How are they regulated? What foods have been modified to date? What are the benefits? What are the potential problems/risks? GM labelling and the law. How do I buy GM-free products?Take your pick:
- Better Health Channel (produced in consultation with Deakin University School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences): www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/BHCV2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Genetically_modified_foods?OpenDocument
- Nutrition Australia: www.nutritionaustralia.org/Food_Facts/FAQ/gm_foods.asp
- Choice Magazine: www.choice.com.au//viewArticle.aspx?id=100255&catId=100288&tid=100008&p=1&title=GM%3a+Genetically+modified+food
- National Centre for Biotechnology Education (part of the University of Reading,the NCBE is concerned with promoting biotechnology education, not promoting biotechnology. It takes no particular stance on GM issues, in fact, all the NCBE staff have different opinions on this subject): www.ncbe.reading.ac.uk/NCBE/GMFOOD/menu.html
- CSIRO: Food safety: www.csiro.au/pubgenesite/foodsafe_faqs.htm Environmental impact: www.csiro.au/pubgenesite/faqs.htm
- Biotechnology Australia (FAQ page): www.biotechnology.gov.au/index.cfm?event=object.showContent&objectID=D20B5D05-BCD6-81AC-15A3F2DD2F877CB3
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand: www.foodstandards.gov.au/foodmatters/gmfoods/index.cfm
- Greenpeace: http://sites.greenpeace.org.au/truefood/downloads/TrueFoodGuide.pdf
