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WHY
DOES GENETICALLY
ENGINEERED FOOD
WORRY
US?
Our
Ministry
of
Agriculture
has
ruled
that all
genetically
engineered
or
transgenic
food
must be labeled, otherwise
it
would
be
against the
law.
Thus,
over
half of our
soybean
salad
oil containing transgenic
com-
ponents should have
been
labeled.
An interview with
Prof
Yu
of Heilongjiang University of
Traditional Chinese Medicine
&
Pharmacies revealed
that
alter-
ation
of
the genes of such food
results
in
a new kind
of
food,
e.
9.,
Prof Huang of Harbin Teach-
ers' University had made
a
cold
tolerant transgenic tomato spe-
cies
for
the benefit
of
our north-
ern farmers. Other transgenic
plants were worm-resistant or
weed-resistant designed
to
save on
insecticide
or
weed
killers.
As unlimited
use of such
food
may
well be unsafe,
Kraft
of
USA had
been
requested to
remove
transgenic
ingredients
from their
products.
The
"Na-
ture"
Magazine
of
US
also
re-
ported
transgenic
pollen harm-
ing
the
larvae
of
monarch
butterfly. Although
the
results
were
later challenged, concern
grew steadily.
Though
worthwhile,
the
use
of
all
transgenic food should be
un-
dertaken with due care.
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