ApocaDocs: China's GM ambition raises biosafety concerns

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Posted Thu Nov 6 2008: from SciDev.net:


	China's GM ambition raises biosafety concerns http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1225998828 China's recent roll-out of a a US$3.7 billion research programme to develop genetically modified (GM) crops, particularly rice, has been hailed by supporters as the means to feed the country's swelling population. But opposition remains strong due to concerns ranging from the health and environmental risks to regulation loopholes, writes Jane Qiu in Nature.... Others warn that GM technology safeguards could be undermined by the monoculture of rice and lack of adjacent refuges, which would encourage resistant pests; the absence of effective labelling of GM seeds; and the illegal release of GM varieties from laboratories. Worryingly, many stakeholders are being excluded from the agriculture ministry's biosafety evaluation process.

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'Doc Michael says:

But look at how well their regulatory apparatus has worked over the last couple of years. What's to worry?