News archive: September 2006
Don't eat GM rice says American specialist
Speaking about genetically modified rice, Dr Doug Gurian-Sherman, a former biotech specialist at the US government's Environmental Protection Agency and Senior Scientist at the Centre For Food Safety said:
"Risks should not be taken with public health for the convenience of companies or of government."
On the basis of the incomplete evidence currently available, he went on to say:
"I wouldn't eat it myself."