The people's livelihood is commented on: It is determined by the fact that the expert close the door that the public dining table is safe not to let

The people's livelihood is commented on: It is determined by the fact that the expert close the door that the public dining table is safe not to let
Before the two more than month, " quietly " Ministry of Agriculture Have sanctioned two kinds of transgenic rice, safety certificate of a kind of transgenic corn, China becomes the country that is planted transgenic rice of first commercialization from this. The lofty tone of the winner of the transgenic rice safety certificate is announced, " the transgenic rice goes on the Chinese dining table in 5 years at the latest " ; And is fermenting continuously about various worry planted in commercialization of transgenic rice, and spread and form a kind of fear gradually: " China becomes proving ground of life and death of foreign transgenic grain " " national nightmare " (" international pioneer's Leader " of February 2)
To ordinary masses, perhaps the transgenosis is still a relatively strange concept, at least still less than becoming the hot issue known even to women and children like in Europe. However, the transgenic products, actually in company with the marching on a large scale of grain merchant of the foreign capitals, and the dining table which go on the huge numbers of families. Such as when buying soya bean oil, except comparing prices, can look over how many consumers are there conscientiously, is use the foreign transgenic soybean, or the non- transgenic soybean in our country? European Union stipulates, it needs to be clear to indicate " this product is the transgenic products " to transfer to the content of genetic stew above 0.9% ; But domestic consumers, can only see some manufacturers will be " not the transgenosis " Indicate in packing as the selling point, in addition basically have no right of being in know of this kind of information.
As to the transgenic rice, because is the human staple food, still no country plants commercialization; Just under this kind of background, we take the lead to introduce the transgenosis 1,300 million people's staple food, can allow people to be worried. Under the far situation not reaching common understanding to the security of this technology in the whole world, the commercialization that we went to carry on the large area of the transgenic rice rashly is planted, is it a kind of crazy risk? Discover the problems after several years, who can afford to bear this responsibility?
Transgenic rice healthy to consumer and to natural the intersection of security and issue of ecological environment, it is certainly a professional problem with very great dispute; But at first, it is a great public problem which concerns security of people's livelihood and food safety even more. The dining table for 1,300 million people is safe, should not be several " stealthy experts " that does not sign to the outside ,It can determine at will when studying to close the door, especially, this is not a pure academic controversy, and enormous commercial interests are permeated through it - -The controversy in the industry about transgenic rice, reality is a commercial interest and the playing chess of academic intuitive knowledge.
Just think once transgenic rice is planted by a large scale, still more higher output advantage must react as lower price advantage, will capture market of production and consumer market rapidly in a short time like transgenic soybean. At that time, if the negative result of study announced constantly was verified after all, 1,300 million compatriots have not made it once collectively " The little white mouse died " ? Even so, even if still there is not a final conclusion for a long time in the dispute, key patented technologies of the transgenic rice are grasped by biotech firms of foreign countries, how will 1,300 million people's food safety be guaranteed? You know, " if you have controlled the grain, you control all persons " (Kissinger's language) .
In any case, the commercial planting of the transgenic rice, are all a people's livelihood major issue of directly relating to citizen's life and health, since the dispute in the industry is so enormous, the public must enjoy the right of being in know and right to choose in time. And the transgenic rice commerce for the moment plants the ratification process of the safety certificate, have not obviously passed the information of any kind and discussed with will of the people publicly. Even the Ministry of Agriculture seems so mysterious to award the safety certificate, has not not merely held news briefing for this, also informed the media of in time the relevant decision, are found on a professional website at first by a foreign news agency.
The security of the transgenic rice needs controversy in the industry, but can't be limited to the controversy in the industry, especially, can't be decided the dining table for 1,300 million people by either party of the controversy. The public must enjoy abundant right of being in know and right to choose to the transgenic rice - -Though the public is not a scientist, the possibility of different pros and cons in the know that have the right, have the right, obtain intact information, have the right, participate in open discussion, determine own risk partiality and consume, choose by this.
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