GM木瓜

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评论期在GM木瓜上开放

希拉里·奥利弗(Hilary Oliver)

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is gauging citizens’ response to genetically modified organisms, asking for public comment until Nov. 3 on a petition from the University of Florida that would allow commercial growing and marketing of the first GM papaya trees in the mainland U.S. The petition asks the USDA to remove regulatory oversight from a variety that has been genetically engineered to resist the ringspot virus.

塞拉俱乐部基因工程委员会的尼尔·卡曼(Neil Carman)博士说,由于所有商业木瓜品种在同一物种中都相对互相兼容,因此风和昆虫对有机种植者和本地物种的污染是不可避免的。

有机消费者协会正在敦促人们在…

案卷Aphis-2008-0054

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“多年生Ge木瓜树的批准将是USDA的危险先例制定的步骤,为更多的GE树开放了闸门,包括水果,坚果,观赏,纸腐烂和木材物种,以及为土壤修复和设计的树木其他特征,”卡曼写道。

1998年在夏威夷引入了木瓜的通用汽车品种,以控制环斑病毒,并被广泛接受,因为该病毒最近被夏威夷的作物被摧毁。然而,几年后的檀香山广告商报道说,夏威夷木瓜的产量因从墨西哥和巴西进口以及封闭的出口市场(例如日本)而跌倒,这些市场将不接受GM品种。

其他报道提到,通用汽车品种产生了较弱的树,质量较低。

“They’re apparently not looking at the bigger picture of the economic problems that come with it—the cross-contamination, the market loss, the testing costs,” said Melanie Bondera, a board member of Hawaii Seed, an advocate for sustainable agriculture, in an Advertiser interview.

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