Bill Nye considers the benefits and risks of genetically modified foods. Nye explores the use of genetic engineering in agriculture and identifies a variety of foods that contain genetically modified organisms. He talks with wheat breeders who discuss the benefits of hybrid food crops, with researchers who study organic and pesticide-free crops and with corporations engaged in agricultural biotechnology and the use of GMO's.
year: 2005
call number/section: 664, 631.52
subjects: science, biology, life sciences, biotechnology, genetic engineering, risk assessment, food, biotechnology, plant breeding