Submission

I've submitted the poster, draft submission showed a similarity of 0%

See you guys tomorrow during the presentation! 

- Tarnnum

FINAL POSTER

Hi guys, I've managed to finish off the poster; I've emailed it to the print shop so we will get it on Friday so we can run through it together.                                                      - Tarnnum :)

References (Harvard format)

Hey guys, just a full list of our references which will go on the poster       - Tarnnum :)

AquaBounty. (2016). Sustainabilty. Retrieved 15 February, 2016, from https://aquabounty.com/sustainable/

Bawa, A. S. & Anilakumar, K. R. (2013). Genetically modified foods: safety, risks and public concerns—a review. Journal of Food Science and Technology, 50(6), 1035–1046.

Ceccoli, A. & Hixon, W. (2011) Explaining attitudes toward genetically modified foods in the European Union. International Political Science Review, 33(3), 301-319. doi: 10.1177/0192512111418788 

Dizon, F., Costa, S., Rock, C., Harris, A., Husk, C. & Mei, J. (2015). Genetically Modified (GM) Foods and Ethical Eating. Journal of Food Science, 81(2), 287-291. doi: 10.1111/1750-3841.13191

European Commission. (2016). Genetically modified organisms. Retrieved 20 February, 2016, from http://ec.europa.eu/food/dyna/gm_register/index_en.cfm

Genetically Modified Foods. (2016)  Retrieved 23 February, 2016, from http://www.geneticallymodifiedfoods.co.uk/types-techniques-used-genetically-modify-food.html

Greeniacs. (2016). Retrieved 23 February, from,  http://www.greeniacs.com/GreeniacsArticles/Food-and-Beverage/Genetically-Modified-Organisms.html

GM freeze. (2016). Where to buy non-GM fed. Retrieved 19 February, 2016, from http://www.gmfreeze.org/why-freeze/unwanted/where-buy-non-gm-fed/

International service for the acquisition of agri-biotech applications. (2009). The global status of commercialised biotech/GM crops 2009. Retrieved 18 February, 2016, from http://www.isaaa.org/resources/publications/briefs/41/executivesummary/default.asp

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Key, S., Ma, J. & Drake, P. (2008). Genetically modified plants and human health. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 101(6), 290-298. doi: 10.1258/jrsn.2008.070372

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Ormandy, E. H., Dale, J., & Griffin, G. (2011). Genetic engineering of animals: Ethical issues, including welfare concerns. The Canadian Veterinary Journal, 52(5), 544–550.

Pandey, R., Dwivedi, M., Gupta, S. K., Saluja, D. (2016). Genetically Modified Food Animals: An Overview. In R.P. Watson & V.R Preedy (Eds) Genetically Modified Organisms in Food - Production, Safety, Regulation and Public Health (pp. 19-26).

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The following is a summary of a survey on public opinion about food carried out in the US by the Pew research survey. quite interesting.

GM foods

-          A minority of adults (37%) say that eating GM foods is generally safe,

-          57% say they believe it is unsafe. And, most are skeptical about the scientific understanding of the effects of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) on health.

-          (67%) of adults say scientists do not clearly understand the health effects of GM crops

-          28% say scientists have a clear understanding of this

-          About half of U.S. adults report that they always (25%) or sometimes (25%) look to see if products are genetically modified when they are food shopping. 

-          31% say they never look for such labels

-           17% say they do not often look

Gender, age, race and ethnicity

-          Fewer women (28%) than men (47%) believe eating GM foods is safe.

-          Fewer blacks (24%) and Hispanics (32%) than whites (41%) saying that GM foods are safe to eat.

-          Views about GMOs are roughly the same among both younger (ages 18 to 49) and older (50 and older) adults.

reference 

http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/07/01/chapter-6-public-opinion-about-food/

Updated poster draft #2

It looks much better than before in my opinion!           - Tarnnum :)

I have added the brief views on what GMO are and nothing on the techniques as of yet but we do have the information available on the blog, I think most of this should be brief.

The survey details have been added but no results have been added as of yet (but we do have all the results); I've made a graph (previous post) from the table of results we got but due to formatting and lag issues, I haven't added it in yet.

I've added most of my research concerning opinions, ethics and factors affecting those opinions; I've got some more bits to add which I will do asap.

We are missing a conclusion and referencing section which we can do tomorrow, we just needed to make room for the survey details. I think the numbering technique would be useful instead of full citations in text (Jordan and Mo agree too).

I did change the background colour to blue because it stands out more but obviously, any changes can be made tomorrow during our meet-up. I did also highlight some boxes to make them stand out. We do have images and such so we will add them tomorrow and hopefully have the poster finalised too.

Please let me know what you think; keep in mind, it is severly unfinished.

I plan to do more research tomorrow and add it in asap.

Thanks!

- Tarnnum :)

Survey data - graph

I converted the table into a graph for question 2-9 because it looks much better on the poster, way more visual and easy to read. There will still be a key on the poster.

I'll put data for questions 1 and 10 in a small table since they differ from the y/n questions.

Let me know what you guys think!

- Tarnnum :)

P.S. I'll have most of the poster completed by tonight, we'll finalise it tomorrow.