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GMO Rice: Human Genes Engineered into,

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Human Genes Engineered into experimental 'GMO Rice' being grown 

in Kansas


Wednesday, May 02, 2012 by: Ethan A. Huff, staff writer





(NaturalNews) Unless the rice you buy is certified organic, or comes specifically from a farm that tests its rice 
crops for genetically modified (GM) traits, you could be eating rice tainted with actual human genes. The only 
known GMO with inbred human traits in cultivation today, a GM rice product made by biotechnology company 
Ventria Bioscience is currently being grown on 3,200 acres in Junction City, Kansas -- and possibly elsewhere -- 
and most people have no idea about it.

Since about 2006, Ventria has been quietly cultivating rice that has been genetically modified (GM) with genes 
from the human liver for the purpose of taking the artificial proteins produced by this "Frankenrice" and using 
them in pharmaceuticals. With approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Ventria has taken one 
of the most widely cultivated grain crops in the world today, and essentially turned it into a catalyst for producing 
new drugs.

Originally, the cultivation of this GM rice, which comes in three approved varieties (http://www.aphis.usda.gov/brs/
biotech_ea_permits.html), was limited to the laboratory setting. But in 2007, Ventria decided to bring the rice 
outdoors. The company initially tried to plant the crops in Missouri, but met resistance from Anheuser-Busch and 
others, which threatened to boycott all rice from the state in the event that Ventria began planting its rice within 
state borders (http://todayyesterdayandtomorrow.wordpress.com).

So Ventria's GM rice eventually ended up in Kansas, where it is presumably still being grown for the purpose of 
manufacturing drugs on 3,200 acres in Junction City. And while this GM rice with added human traits has never 
been approved for human consumption, it is now being cultivated in open fields where the potential for unrestrained 
contamination and spread of its unwanted, dangerous GM traits is virtually a given.

"This is not a product that everyone would want to consume," said Jane Rissler from the Union of Concerned 
Scientists (UCS) to the Washington Post back in 2007. "It is unwise to produce drugs in plants outdoors."

Though receiving tens of thousands of public comments of opposition, many rightly concerned about the spread 
of GM traits, the USDA approved open cultivation of Ventria's GM rice anyway. This, of course, occurred after t
he U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had refused approval for Ventria's GM rice back in 2003 
(http://www.kansasruralcenter.org/publications/PharmaRice.pdf).



GM 'pharmaceutical' rice could cause more disease, suggests report

Besides the threat of contamination and wild spread, Ventria's GM rice, which is purportedly being grown to help 
third-world children overcome chronic diarrhea, may conversely cause other chronic diseases.

"These genetically engineered drugs could exacerbate certain infections, or cause dangerous allergic or immune 
system reactions," said Bill Freese, Science Policy Analyst at theCenter for Food Safety (CFS), who published 
a report back in 2007 about the dangers of Ventria's GM rice.

You can view that report here:
http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org


Sources for this article include:
http://www.organicconsumers.org/ge/humangene042505.cfm
http://www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.worldwatch.org/node/4956
http://todayyesterdayandtomorrow.wordpress.com




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