## Module 1 Impact of Technology on Global Population

### Instructions

Find a news report or article from the last two years that describes the use of biotechnology and its impacts on the global population. The summary should be 200-500 words, and describe how the biotechnology is being used (or is proposed to be used) and how it might affect people positively and negatively. Include your opinion on how you think socio-economic status, ethnicity, culture, and/or education levels might affect access to beneficial biotechnology. Submit a link to the article and a written summary in the text box or upload as Word doc.

### Learning Objectives

- Explain how biotechnology has positively affected humanity.
- Explain how a particular biotechnology could both positively and negatively impact the global population.
- Discuss how socio-economic status, ethnicity, culture, and education levels affect access to beneficial biotechnology;
- Communicate your opinion, informed by research, on a current biotechnology issue.