angerous to our health or the environment?
             Although we are currently not seeing a lot of real health affects, as far as we know, researches have found that the Monarch butterfly dies after contact with pollen from corn that has been genetically altered. Research also shows that people with allergies to foods, such as brazil nuts, showed allergic reactions when introduced to soybeans that had been spliced with brazil nut genes, as with "The Brazil Nut Incident" (14). When scientists from the University of Nebraska put genes from Brazil nuts into soybeans it created a fatal allergen known as 2S Albumin. According to Dr. Marion Nestle the reactions from this particular allergen can range from itching and upset stomach to death (Brazil 14). Since this particular incident the US Company has halted the testing of soybeans. Dr. Marion Nestle stated that "[she] really thought that the possibility of transferring an allergen from one food to another was a remote one. [She] was floored when [she] heard about this" (Brazil !
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