Michael W. Fox

Michael W. Fox contends in the following viewpoint that genetic engineering threatens food safety, human health, animal welfare, and the environment. He claims that genetically engineering food plants can cause adverse immune-system reactions and allergies in the humans who eat them. In addition, genetically modified animals often suffer serious physical disabilities and could disrupt natural ecosystems if they escaped into the wild. Michael W. Fox is a senior scholar of bioethics for the Humane Society of the United States.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. According to Fox, what percentage of all processed foods in the United States contain genetically engineered ingredients"
2. What is pleiotropism, according to the author"
3. According to the author, what is “terminator” gene technology"

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