Tool 7 - Environment

Abstract

Tool 7 provides general information and examples on the environmental aspects of growing genetically modified (GM) foods. Environment and human health (the topic of Tool 6) were indicated by the experts as topics of primary concern among the general public in relation to food biotechnologies, and particularly GMOs. The information and the example materials provided here could support information about how environmental safety assurance is performed, or information about the prevention of and response to the accidental release of unauthorized GMOs. The examples include commonly asked questions about the possibility of creating new life forms as a result of growing GMOs, the possible spread of the GMOs grown in the environment, and the specificity of some pest-resistant GMOs.