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Biotech is helping to fuel the world by:</p><ul><li>Streamlining the steps in chemical manufacturing processes by 80% or more;</li><li>Lowering the temperature for cleaning clothes and potentially saving $4.1 billion annually;</li><li>Improving manufacturing process efficiency to save 50% or more on operating costs;</li><li>Reducing use of and reliance on petrochemicals;</li><li>Using biofuels to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 52% or more;</li><li>Decreasing water usage and waste generation; and</li><li>Tapping into the full potential of traditional biomass waste products.</li></ul></div></div></div><div class="mc-cardMediaSide__ctaLink"><a class="af-link -skinPurple solidButtonDefault " href="/policy/sustainable-fuels" aria-label="More on Sustainable Fuels">More on Sustainable Fuels</a></div></div></div><div class="col-lg-5 col-md-12 col-sm-12"><div class="mc-cardMediaSide__rgnMedia"><div class="mc-cardMediaSide__image" ><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/bio_media_side_card_auto/public/2019-09/about-page-IandE-Image.jpg?itok=zujxTs5V" alt="about-page-IandE-Image" class="af-image"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="oc-compoList__rgnSection"><div class="mc-cardMediaSide act-component -mediaImage -imageLeft -heightAuto -btnskinPurple -btnsolidButtonDefault"><div class="mc-cardMediaSide__rgnInner act-component-inner"><div class="mc-cardMediaSide__rgnMain row"><div class="col-lg-5 col-md-12 col-sm-12"><div class="mc-cardMediaSide__rgnMedia"><div class="mc-cardMediaSide__image" ><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/bio_media_side_card_auto/public/2019-09/About-Page-FoodAg_Image.jpg?itok=yzlRCPzb" alt="About-Page-FoodAg_Image" class="af-image"></div></div></div><div class="col-lg-7 col-md-12 col-sm-12"><div class="mc-cardMediaSide__rgnContent"><div class="mc-cardMediaSide__info"><div class="mc-cardMediaSide__title" ><div class="af-text">FEED THE WORLD</div></div><div class="mc-cardMediaSide__description" ><div class="af-text"><p>Biotech improves crop insect resistance, enhances crop herbicide tolerance and facilitates the use of more environmentally sustainable farming practices. Biotech is helping to feed the world by:</p><ul><li>Generating higher crop yields with fewer inputs;</li><li>Lowering volumes of agricultural chemicals required by crops-limiting the run-off of these products into the environment;</li><li>Using biotech crops that need fewer applications of pesticides and that allow farmers to reduce tilling farmland;</li><li>Developing crops with enhanced nutrition profiles that solve vitamin and nutrient deficiencies;</li><li>Producing foods free of allergens and toxins such as mycotoxin; and</li><li>Improving food and crop oil content to help improve cardiovascular health.</li></ul></div></div></div><div class="mc-cardMediaSide__ctaLink"><a class="af-link -skinPurple solidButtonDefault " href="/policy/agriculture-environment/addressing-climate-change/old-addressing-climate-change" aria-label="More on Food & Farm Innovation">More on Food & Farm Innovation</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="oc-compoList__rgnSection"><div class="mc-contentBasic act-component"><div class="mc-contentBasic__rgnInner act-component-inner"><div class="mc-contentBasic__body" ><div class="af-text"><p>Currently, there are <strong>more than 250 biotechnology health care products and vaccines</strong> available to patients, many for previously untreatable diseases. <strong>More than 13.3 million farmers around the world</strong> use agricultural biotechnology to increase yields, prevent damage from insects and pests and reduce farming's impact on the environment. 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