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# englisch debate

## roles
- kilian pro
- sophia moderator 
- ahi con

## topic

**Statement: "genetically modified food should be tightly regulated or fully banned."**

## timeing:
 10 min.

## Introduction and questions from sophia about gen-food

Introduction: -controversial and extensively discussed topic 
              -food, produced from plants or animals whose genetic material has been modified 
              -procedure is called genetic engineering
              -techniques lead to new traits of food and allow a greater control over traits compared to conventional 
               methods 
              -on the US market since 1994
              -two sides to it 
              
1st questions: What do you think about genetically modified food? Do you think it should be tightly regulated or even be                fully banned?

final questions: Do you think differently about the topic, now that youve heard someone elses point of view? 
                Has one of you changed opinion throughout the debate? 


## kilian pro gen-food
[video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHNPnO5UOYQ)
- what is natural, where are the lines ?
- plant-posions are also natural.
- it can help so many people.
- there comes risks with it but nature has done gen-manipulation since the dawn of live.
- when there is no physical difference of natural and gen-food what is the fuzz about it?
- many customers are uninformed about it.


## ahi against gen-food
natural is best
if gen-food, it should be transparent to the fullest extent
kids should be able to consume non-genetically-modified food
the customer should be able to see that a certain product is genetically-modified before purchasing it
in the USA genetically-modified foods are more common, but its not for the benefit of the consumers
are the risks really known fully?
why genetical-modification at all?
Who is the main beneficiary?


