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Conversation Questions on GM Food

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What does GM mean?

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Do you think GM food is safe to eat?

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How do you think scientists can be sure about the safety of GM food when they’ve had so few years to test it?

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Do you think growing GM crops will change the environment?

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What do you think of GM tomatoes that have an extra tomato taste?

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Would you be happy buying apples the size of melons?

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Do you think GM food will solve the world’s food shortages?

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What do you think of ‘eco-terrorists’ who cut down fields of GM crops?

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If GM crops are resistant to pests and those pests become extinct, do you think this could seriously harm the food chain?

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GM crops may mix with natural crops and form hybrid crops, which may affect wildlife. Is this acceptable?

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GM food has been called ‘Frankenfood’, after Frankenstein’s monster. What do you think of this name?

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Some say millions of bees in the US are dying because of the small changes GM crops make to nature. What do you think of this?

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What do you think of GM bananas that contain vaccines against diseases?

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Do you think countries like Britain are right to ban GM food?

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If “you are what you eat,” might we change with a GM food diet?

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Do you think it’s important to label food as containing GM crops?

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Some GM food has animal genes. What do you think of this?

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Do you think we’ll be eating 100% GM food one day?

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What do you think of calorie-free GM junk food?

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What more would you like to know about GM food?