Lesson 9. Nano Food

Lesson 9. Task 3. D. Complete the text with active vocabulary

Чтобы выполнить задание нужно авторизоваться и тогда появятся кнопки "Сохранить" и "Завершить задание".

a) genetic engineering

b) healthy food

c) holistic agriculture

d) nanotechnology

e) organic store

f) unlabeled

g) wholesome

The struggle for a healthy food future – what are the alternatives to nanotechnology?

We are in an epic battle for control of our food supply. Corporate or community ownership, global or local, small versus massive, processed versus (1) . A key way to promote healthy, (2) is to support it with our purchasing choices. Certified organic foods offer you better health, a better environment and a way for you to support a nano-free food future. With personal care products, buy organic or from a company that states they do not use nanotechnology.

There are many ways to help create a (3) future. Shop at a farmers’ market, buy from an (4) or from the organic section in a supermarket. Read product labels, get involved and interested. Talk to your friends and family about the food issues that matter most to you. Let companies know that you are concerned about the use of nanotechnology in their products.

It is exciting to see food politics debated by our mainstream media and our research and education institutions. However while there are already (5) food products that contain engineered nano ingredients available in our supermarkets, nanotechnology is only just starting to gain some attention. There are no regulations in place to protect public and environmental health, and almost no corporate or public monies being spent looking at the long-term consequences of manipulating our food at the atomic level. The similarity to the introduction of (6) with the added risk that there is no regulatory oversight is chilling.

We must all get politically active on nanotechnology just as we did with genetic engineering. It is essential that we get moratoria enacted on the use of (7) until we have regulatory systems in place to protect human and environmental health, and until we have genuine public involvement in decision making regarding nanotechnology’s introduction. Together, we can create a healthy food future that delivers to our community not corporate profits.

Source: Clean Food Organic. Volume 4, May 2007

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