Marketers and trade negotiators should recognize this and move toward living with diversity in labeling policy. Certainly there is a lot to understand concerning GMOs. Several sites, for example, tell the history of the technology in some detail, as well as describe techniques used. The successes attributed to the technology, such as insect, disease and herbicide resistance, as well as improved nutritional quality are also widely documented. With these or any sites, it is important to know what supports them financially and the extent of their objectivity.
Several sites seek to be portals or clearing houses of information on biotechnology.
The National Biotechnology Information Facility , for example, is divided into three sections of related information. The Educational Resources section has a listing of high school educational activities such as transcription and visualization and description of blood typing . Courses and tutorials , games and workshops are also found there. Finally, there is the products and services section, which includes a comprehensive database of biotech companies. The Biotechnology Information Director , part of The World Wide Web Virtual Library contains over a thousand URLs of companies, research institutes, universities, sources of information and other directories specific to biotechnology, pharmaceutical development and related fields.