Any risk is unacceptable. Corn is a prime example of years of manipulation, Ms. Chin said. People probably wouldn't recognize corn as it was grown 300 years ago. Stalks were short and the kernels were hard and all over the ear instead of in straight rows as they are today. In recent years, biotechnology has improved the ways farmers around the world produce our food.
Biotechnology provides a number of benefits.
For consumers, enhanced food means improvements in nutrition, taste and quality. Products currently improved through biotechnology include corn, soybeans, potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, and papayas. Smaller, seedless, single-serving melons. Ms. Chin said. In addition to developing plants that help prevent disease, there also are plants that contain natural pesticides.