Life Card Post

When i received my life card I saw that it said, "You thought you were pregnant, but you weren't." At first i was kind of disappointed that I wouldn't be carrying around my child with me every class. But, then it occurred to me that I could adopt a child! So most likely in about a week or so I'm off to find my child. :]

Parent Blog 2

Around 8 weeks the baby is about the size of a kidney bean. The baby is beginning to develop arms and fingers as well as feet. Its breathing tubes are almost connected to the developing lungs and its brain and nervous system are nearly connected. As for the mother, her breast size might gone up a little due to her body preparing for lactation. Also the mother might be feeling some minor nausea and fatigue. From the fathers point, his status might still be the same from my first Parent Blog.

Parent Post

As of 4 weeks the babies major organs will begin to form. At this point the baby is most vulnerable to anything that might interfere with its development. The mother of this child could now possibly find out if she is pregnant using your everyday pregnancy test that could be bought at you local drug store. Also the mother could be experiencing some minor nausea. Depending if this child was planned or not the father could be emotionally unstable by worrying how he is going by properly provide this child and how he might afford child support for the child. If the child was planned the father could be happy for his wife and help her through her pregnancy by doing anything he could to provide comfort for his wife and child. :D

Task #2

1)         As a team, we all came to the consensus that GE foods should be labeled. We decided to have labels put on them because there are many people out  in today's world that are very concerned what they are ingesting. On the labels we decided to put the part of the crop that was genetically altered and why. For example, on a tomato there would be a label saying that there is fish DNA inserted to help it resist colder temperatures and there be creating a longer growing season. Along with the reasons, we would also have the rare, possible side effects, that could potentially harm the consumer. Because of these labels i believe that the consumers of GE foods will be more trusting with how we care for the well being of our costumers.

2)       Together through our research we found that that plants genetically engineered to be herbicide-resistant will greatly increase the amount of herbicide usage. Farmers, knowing that their crops can tolerate the herbicides, will use them more liberally. GE crops often manufacture their own pesticides and may be classified as pesticides by the EPA. This strategy will put more pesticides into our food and fields than ever before. The influence of a genetically engineered organism on the food chain may damage the local ecology. The new organism may compete successfully with wild relatives, causing unforeseen changes in the environment. Once genetically engineered organisms, bacteria and viruses are released into the environment it is impossible to contain or recall them. Unlike chemical or nuclear contamination, negative effects are irreversible. Because of these dangers we believe that GE foods should be under close government monitoring if they are not well understood and are unaware of the risks that they cause.

Task #1

As scientists we all agreed that the benefits outweighed the risks. Even though the risks were harmful, the benefits can lead to stopping malnutrition, a healthier food supply, and help to prevent harmful diseases.

Scientist Questions

1) Some potential benefits of GE foods are pest resistance, herbicide tolerance, disease resistance, cold tolerance, drought/ salinity tolerance, more nutrition, pharmaceuticals, and phytoremediation (helps clean the earth of unwanted metals).


2) Some potential risks of GE foods are new allergens within he food supply, antibiotic resistance, production of new toxins, concentration of toxic metals, and possible growth of toxic fungi.

3) Yes, the benefits outweigh the risks because there are more useful benefits which could help make a healthier world with less disease and sickness.

Background Questions

1) Food bio technology- is the application of technology to modify genes of animals, plants and microorganisms to create new species which have desired production, marketing, or nutrition related properties.

2) Genetically engineered foods- are foods with genetically modified organisms that have had specific changes introduced into their DNA by genetic engineering

3) The potential  benefits of GE foods are pest resistance, herbicide tolerance, disease resistance, cold tolerance, drought/ salinity tolerance, more nutrition, pharmaceuticals, and phytoremediation (helps clean the earth of unwanted metals).

4) Some potential risks of GE foods are new allergens within he food supply, antibiotic resistance, production of new toxins, concentration of toxic metals, and possible growth of toxic fungi