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Has anyone else seen this?Rice containing human genes approved by USDA
For the first time, the USDA has granted preliminary approval for large-scale planting of an engineered food crop that contains human genes.
The rice from California-based “pharming” firm Ventria Bioscience was designed to synthesize a human immune protein. The crop will soon be cultivated on 3,000 acres of land in Kansas, if the USDA finalizes its approval after a public comment period that ends March 30.
(From Boing Boing)
I for one find this pretty damn creepy. Does this border on cannibalism?
Updated: Here’s what I found in the About.com article:What You Can Do
If you support or oppose this rule, supposedly you can comment online by visiting the Federal Government Rulemaking Portal. In the default search form:
Otherwise, postal mail is your friend. From the Federal Register:Please send four copies of your comment (an original and three copies) to Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please state that your comment refers to Docket No. APHIS- 2007-0006.
Review the Draft Environmental Assessment (pdf). See special reports on GM food from AgBiotech.Net, The Guardian, New Scientist and Pew Research.
Most Americans support regulation of genetically-modified foods and don’t particularly trust biotech firms (or the media). How about you?
For the first time, the USDA has granted preliminary approval for large-scale planting of an engineered food crop that contains human genes.
The rice from California-based “pharming” firm Ventria Bioscience was designed to synthesize a human immune protein. The crop will soon be cultivated on 3,000 acres of land in Kansas, if the USDA finalizes its approval after a public comment period that ends March 30.
(From Boing Boing)
I for one find this pretty damn creepy. Does this border on cannibalism?
Updated: Here’s what I found in the About.com article:What You Can Do
If you support or oppose this rule, supposedly you can comment online by visiting the Federal Government Rulemaking Portal. In the default search form:
- Select “Department of Agriculture’ for the “Agency”
- Select ‘Proposed Rules’ for “Document Type.”
- Type the docket number ‘APHIS-2007-0006’ in the “Keyword / ID” field
- Or do something similar with the “Advanced Search” “Docket Search” form (accessible off the horizontal navigation bar.
Otherwise, postal mail is your friend. From the Federal Register:Please send four copies of your comment (an original and three copies) to Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please state that your comment refers to Docket No. APHIS- 2007-0006.
Review the Draft Environmental Assessment (pdf). See special reports on GM food from AgBiotech.Net, The Guardian, New Scientist and Pew Research.
Most Americans support regulation of genetically-modified foods and don’t particularly trust biotech firms (or the media). How about you?