What Was the Controversial Element of the "Pusztai Affair" in Britain

question 11

Multiple Choice

What was the controversial element of the "Pusztai affair" in Britain?

• A) Pusztai documented a deadly flood in West Virginia coal country.
• B) Pusztai traced an alarming rate of "normal accidents" in nuclear plant functions.
• C) Pusztai found that rats fed on GMO potatoes developed shrunken internal organs, had their immune system depressed, and grew more slowly.
• D) Pusztai found that the death rates of Mad Cow disease were higher than previously expected.

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Definitions:

Chromosome

Structures within cells that contain DNA and carry genetic information responsible for determining the traits of an organism.

Microbiome

The collective genome of the microbes (composed of bacteria, bacteriophage, fungi, protozoa, and viruses) that live inside and on the human body.

Nature And Nurture

A concept in developmental psychology that examines the influence of genetic inheritance (nature) and environmental factors (nurture) on human development.

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

A molecule that carries most of the genetic instructions used in the growth, development, functioning, and reproduction of all known living organisms and many viruses.