So is GM food safe for humans to consume?

那么, 人类对于转基因食品是否安全?

Scientists admit that more tests should be done on GM food.

科学家承认，关于转基因食品，还需要做很多实验。

Supporters of GM food argue that GM plants are healthier and have larger harvests.

转基因食品的拥护者争辩说，转基因植物更加健康，产量更高。

Yes, GM food can resist - or stop the effects of - some pests or bad weather.

没错，转基因食物可以抵抗--或者说避免--某些害虫或者恶劣天气的影响。

Yes, but despite this, GM food has become an important part of food production.

是的，但是不管怎么说，转基因食物已经成为了粮食产量的一个重要组成部分。

Research has been limited to increasing production profits, rather than making sure that GM foods are safe.

目前的研究只局限于增加生产利润，而不是确保转基因食品的安全。

But opponents of GM food -people who argue against it - say we don't know enough about its effect on the environment.

但是，转基因食物的反对者们--那些反对对自然生物进行人工基因改良的人们--说我们对于转基因食物对环境影响的了解还太少。

OK. Well, Professor Nick Pidgeon, who is an Environmental Psychologist, says in the UK there is some distrust of GM food.

是的，环境心理学家尼克· 皮金教授说英国也对转基因食物抱有怀疑态度。

GM food could therefore be dangerous to eat. There is also a question as to whether GM plants are safe for the environment.

因此，转基因食品食用有危险。同样的问题，转基因植物对环境是否安全。

GM food has been researched and experimented with for many years but do you know when the first genetically modified food was first sold commercially?

多年来，人们一直在进行转基因食物的研究和实验，但是你知道第一次进行转基因食物的商业销售是在哪一年吗？

That's true. And also because the European Union has restrictions on growing GM food, this tomato has to be grown in Canada where rules are more supportive of GM foods.

这倒是真的。还有一个问题就是欧盟禁止种植转基因作物，这种番茄只能在加拿大种植，那里的法规相对来说更加支持转基因食物。

Was it in: a) 1974 b) 1984 c) 1994 Well, we think of GM food as a recent thing so I'll say the opposite, a) 1974.

a)1974年 b)1984年 c)1994年好的，我们印象中的转基因食物应该是近几年才有的事情，那我就说一个相反的答案吧，我选 a) 1974年。

The term GM foods refers to those produced with the latest genetic engineering techniques.

GM（Genetically Modified）一词是指通过最新的科学技术转基因处理过的产品。

He recommends the labeling of non-GM foods so that consumers can make that decision without a regulatory burden being placed on GMOs.

他建议给非转基因食品贴上标签， 这样消费者就可以做出决定， 而不会对转基因食品施加监管负担。

In an EU-wide poll, 70% said they felt GM foods were unnatural, but that's a very vague term.

在欧盟范围内的一项民意调查中，70% 的人表示他们认为转基因食品不自然，但这是一个非常模糊的术语。

The debate became white hot in China in 2013 as the country increasingly looks at GM food as a viable source to satisfy the needs of its immense population.

2013年中国的这场辩论引发了空前白热化，因为这个国家越来越关注作为可行来源，能够满足巨大人口需要的转基因食品。

In theory, this gives the organism certain advantages – it may become hardier by developing a resistance to disease, or in the case of GM food, may be bigger and require fewer nutrients to develop.

从理论上讲，这给生物体带来了某些优势——它可能会通过对疾病产生抵抗力而变得更坚强， 或者就转基因食品而言，它可能会更大并且需要更少的营养来发育。