What is GE? What is it Used For The Dangers! Organic Foods GE and You About This Site Contact What to Look Out For!			What is it Used For? The main use for genetic engineering today is in the production of food, mainly crops. Genetic engineering is beginning to be used more in the medical industry, but not on the same scale as with the food we eat every day. Genetically Engineered Crops The following is a list of genetically engineered foods that have already been approved for sale: soybeans corn, not blue corn canola papaya potatoes tomatoes yellow crook-neck squash red-hearted chicory (radicchio) cotton dairy products from cows injected with the genetically altered hormone recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) Not That Bad, You Say? Although this list seems relatively limited, keep in mind that many products use by-products of these crops, such as corn syrup from corn, which is now used in all kinds of foods. This is also just a list of the crops already approved for sale. There are many more which have been developed that have not yet been approved. Find out what you really need to look out for.  Please send all feedback to ge_is_evil@hotmail.com © 1999 ThinkQuest Team 25365.