By putting antibiotic resistance genes into our food, we may be increasing the public health problem even further. The British Medical Association, the leading association of doctors in Britain, urged an end to the use of antibiotic resistance genes in genetically engineered crops in a 1999 report. To be continued. Rachel Massey is a consultant to Environmental Research Foundation. Presentation delivered at CREA International Seminar on Transgenic Products, Curitiba, Brazil, October 11, 1999.
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