Transact is an Italian pharmaceutical, informs as Friends of the Earth , wants to grow rice with human genes in Castellón, in order to obtain enzymes with which to treat Gaucher disease.
David Sanchez, head of Agriculture and Food of the environmental organization, claims that this type of enzyme can be obtained in the laboratory from stem cells. "The treatment of this disease can achieved through genetic engineering, but in a supportive environment so they do not pose a health hazard. "
The environmental organization believes the company's goal to move research from lab to field is to "reduce costs", a commercial purpose "does not justify the authorization of the crop" by the government. "We hope that Valencia would be sensible and apply the precautionary principle because the risk of ending up in the food chain is high."
According to David Sanchez told the paper, there is a high probability of genetically modified rice mixed with commercial rice in some of the processes from production to consumption. "We do not know how we might react to eat this rice, the doctors we have consulted say that may develop allergies."
SPAIN, EUROPEAN PARADISE FOR GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS (GMOs)
environmental and health risks of GMOs are still unknown. In the magazine in 2000 Scienceaparecía an article whose title reflects the situation well: "Health Risks of GMOs: many opinions but few data." READ +
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