HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
GENERAL AGRICULTURE
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Question
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Can biotech foods cause allergic reactions in some people?
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Yes, but only if people eat large quantities of the biotech food.
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Yes, if the biotech food contains a gene from a food known to cause an allergic reaction.
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No. Biotech foods are hypoallergenic.
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No, because food allergies are psychological and not physical.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -No. Biotech foods are hypoallergenic.
Detailed explanation-2: -There is nothing inherently different about food from GMO crops than food from conventional crops. Just the fact that a crop has been genetically modified does not make it more allergenic than it was to begin with.
Detailed explanation-3: -Since genetic engineering transfers genes (the DNA recipes for proteins) from one organism to another, a genetically engineered plant can trigger an allergic response if a host plant protein is allergenic anyhow, or if the new transgenic protein is allergenic.
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