Samantha Enopia Performance Task

Product Name of product Substances present Genetic disorder(s) Recommendation

classification in product that can be
Acquired

Food GM corn (maize) Protein, Weight gain, organic GMO corn does
crystal (Cry) disruption, allergies increase crop yields
proteins or toxins and can provide
derived from the soil more health benefits
bacterium, Bacillus than traditional corn
thuringiensis (Bt) as it decreases the
amount of food
contaminants.

GM potato protein ,amino acid I believe that, for the

silencing genes short term, GM
called RNAi gastrointestinal potatoes entering
discomfort or, more the consumer
severely, vomiting market should be
and diarrhea. evaluated for the
incidence of hidden
bruises and
infections and the
range in levels of
toxins such as
alpha-aminoadipate
and tyramine.

GM Eggplant a crystal protein The Bt protein It conveys

gene (Cry1Ac) from produced by the significant
the soil bacterium engineered eggplant productivity and
Bacillus causes the fruit and income benefits to
thuringiensis shoot borer larva to farmers while
stop feeding, but is reducing the use of
safe for humans pesticides damaging
consuming the to human and
eggplant, as proven ecological health.
through years of
biosafety trials.

Alfalfa a gene that makes A conclusion was It does no pose any

the plant resistant to made that Alfalfa risk to human and
glyphosate, or the Events J101 and animal health,but if
herbicide Roundup, J163 are as safe as it's introduced, GM
a commonly used the conventional alfalfa will ruin
herbicide and a alfalfa and shall not export markets for
KK179 trait. pose any significant alfalfa products,
risk to human and contaminate family
Nonprotein amino animal health. farms, make it more
acid canavanine in difficult for farmers
alfalfa sprouts, to control weeds,
which can be and threaten the
neurotoxic. future of organic
food and farming
and there is a high
risk for
cross-pollination.

GMO salmon a growth hormone The FDA reached There is no credible

gene from the fast the conclusion that evidence that these
growing Pacific there's no food fish are a risk to
Chinook salmon and safety concerns or either human health
a promoter human health or the environment
 sequence (a concerns and no so I think it is as
fragment of DNA) nutritional safe as food from
from the ocean differences between conventional
pout. genetically salmon.
engineered salmon
and its conventional
counterpart

Pharmaceutical Hepatitis B vaccine Proteins, Hepatitis B These are safe and

surface antigen Hepatitis B vaccine is effective vaccines
(HBsAg). safe and effective at that can protect
against hepatitis B.
preventing hepatitis B Vaccines may be
infections.Many useful in the
struggle to prevent
people who get diseases.
hepatitis B vaccine
have no side effects
at all. The most
common side effects
are usually mild and
last 1-2 days.

heparins over-sulfated hypotension Bioengineered

chondroitin sulfate heparins may be a
(OSCS) viable alternative
source of heparin to
the naturally
sourced forms in the
future.

injectable insulin DNA vector and Insulin resistance or This GM insulin has
(for diabetics) certain enzymes. allergy some advantages
over insulin taken
GM Escherichia coli from pigs or cattle
bacteria., and it can be made
transgenic in very large
bacterium. amounts from
bacteria grown in a
fermenter.

antivenoms purified proteins Serum sickness This is helpful in

extracted from stopping venom
snake venom from causing
serious nervous
system problems
and it can improve
in reducing the risk
of an adverse
reaction from the
antivenom so it
should continue to
be researched.

tissue plasminogen a protein that can It is thus one of the

activator (tPA, for dissolve blood Acute Ischemic essential
heart attack or clots., ovarian cells stroke, Myocardial components of the
stroke patients) from the Chinese Infarction, dissolution of blood
hamster. Pulmonary clots but there are
embolism. too many risks and
 indications for the
patients’ use of tPA
symptomatic so I think further
intracranial studies should be
hemorrhage, major done.
systemic
hemorrhage, and
angioedema in
approximately 6%,
2%, and 5% of
patients,
respectively.

Agricultural GM soy/ soybean gene of Allergies especially GMO soy, whether

5-enolpyruvylshikim people with specific fed to cows or
ate-3-phosphate nut allergy people, is bad for
synthase from the environment.
Agrobacterium was GM-soy contained
used, glycinin, high residues of
glyphosate, AMPA glyphosate and its
toxic breakdown
product AMPA,
while conventional
and organic
soybeans were free
of these
agrochemicals.

biosynthesis The advantage of

GM Rice / beta-carotene, a potential toxic or golden rice is that it
precursor of vitamin allergic reaction can be used in
golden rice A areas where vitamin
A deficiency is
common, so it can
help prevent
blindness, however,
beta carotene levels
in golden rice may
not be high enough
to make a
difference.

GM cotton Bacillus respiratory distress, Environmental

thuringiensis anorexia, benefits have been
impairment of achieved with a
reproductive reduction in
systems, and chemical insecticide
interference with applications and the
immune function in subsequent
monogastric decrease in primary
animals. pest populations, so
that the inclusion of
other
technologies—e.g.,
use of non-Bt
cotton- can be
explored.
Nevertheless,
control measures
need to be
implemented during
transport of the bolls
and fiber to prevent
dispersal of
 volunteer plants and
subsequent gene
flow to wild relatives
distributed outside
the GM cotton
growing areas and
reduce health risks.

Sugar beets sugar consuming high The sugar from

amounts of either glyphosate-resistant
beet or cane sugar sugar beets is
can contribute to molecularly identical
weight gain and the to and so has the
development of same nutritional
chronic conditions, value as sugar from
such as diabetes, conventional
heart disease and (non-GMO) sugar
liver problems. beets but there can
also be long term
health risks so that
is where
researchers should
focus more.

GM canola a gene derived from The OGTR risk Growers utilising

the common soil assessment found GM Canola
bacterium that these types of achieved more
Agrobacterium GM canola posed effective weed
strain CP4, that no more risk to control, reduced
encodes for the health and the overall pesticide use
EPSPS enzyme and environment than and improved
a gene from the non- GM canola. farming practices
Ochrobactrum (such as enhanced
anthropi strain conservation
LBAA, which tillage), lower risk of
encodes for the herbicide resistance
enzyme glyphosate developing and a
oxidase (GOX) lower environmental
footprint.