[Imc] GM foods show on WILL-TV

[Kranich, Kimberlie]

FYI.  This might be a good one.


 HARVEST OF FEAR					Tuesday, April 24,
120 minutes
FRONTLINE/NOVA Special Report			8 p.m. (WILL-TV)
A gene from a jellyfish is placed in a potato plant, making it light up
whenever it needs watering.  Rice plants are genetically transformed to
produce vitamin A, preventing millions of African children from going blind.
Plants are modified to produce plastic or pharmaceuticals.  These are just a
few of the touted benefits of genetically modified agriculture-the use of
genetic engineering to alter crops for the benefit of mankind.  But while
proponents say this new technology has the potential to end world hunger and
dramatically improve the quality of life of billions of people, others argue
it constitutes the biggest threat to humanity since nuclear energy.  Dubbing
such genetically altered products "Frankenfoods," critics argue that the
technology has been rushed to market.  Scientists, they claim, are tampering
with nature, risking potentially catastrophic and irreversible ecological
disaster.  The controversy has led Europe to ban the planting of genetically
modified crops and to demand that all existing "GM" products be labeled.
Will America follow suit?  This FRONTLINE/NOVA special report examines the
growing controversy over genetically modified foods.