Graph

Key: The spares is the people that think that both benefits and harmful effects are equal. The triangle are the people that the harmful results will outweigh the benefits of genetic engineering. The diamonds are the people that think that the benefits will out weigh the harmful results.


Most people would think that it would be easy to find a graph for my topic but it was really hard. The only one I found is a little old and I bet that the data has changed in the years. The graph shows what people think about genetic engineering. From 1985-2001 is the years that they got this data. This graph shows the way people change their mind over years. In 1985 46% of the people in the US believed that the benefits of genetic engineering were more important than the harmful results. In 2001, that percentage dropped to 40%. People that thought that the harmful results were more important only made a 38% and after 16 years it dropped to 33%. The only one that when up was the people that thought that both benefits and harmful effects were equal. One thing I didn’t know was that more people think that the benefits will outweigh the harmful effects. The data is somewhat reliable since it came for a college. This data is important because you can look were people stand on this topic. It was very interesting to see this.