Xia Qingyi Ye Xiao Wang Weijia Recently, after China's new batch of three varieties of genetically modified soybeans was imported, Wang Xiaoyu, deputy secretary-general of the Heilongjiang Soybean Association, said that the "genetically modified soybean oil may cause cancer," which once again caused public concern over the safety of genetically modified soybeans. Wang Xiaoyu said in an interview with CCTV: “I have found that the causes of carcinogenicity may have significant correlation with the consumption of genetically modified soybean oil (7430,-122.00, -1.62%), based on my 20 years of experience in the grain industry. For example, Henan, Hebei, Gansu, Qinghai, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Fujian, and other places are basically the consumption-concentrated areas of genetically modified soybean oil in China, and these areas are also the focal areas for the onset of cancer in China, while Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Zhejiang, Shandong, Hunan, and Hubei The consumption of genetically modified soybean oil does not primarily exist in other places such as Guizhou and Guizhou, but it is not a concentrated area of ​​tumor incidence." However, many experts in the field of genetic modification in the country stated that there is no scientific basis for the claim that GM soybean oil may cause cancer. Expert: GM foods cause cancer is not based on Yang Xiaoguang, a researcher at the National Institute for Nutrition and Food Safety at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, told the China Business News that at this stage, genetically modified foods approved by various countries in the world were released on the basis of safety evaluations. There has been no evidence of cancer caused by food and no experiments to date. Data can prove that there is a link between genetically modified foods and cancer. Zhu Yi, an associate professor at the China Agricultural University's School of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, also told reporters that the high incidence of cancer in regions with high consumption of genetically modified soybean oil does not prove that genetically modified soybeans cause cancer. This horizontal comparison is meaningless. "First of all, the incidence of cancer is related to many factors. For example, eating too much oil can lead to various cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Second, in the United States, for example, the consumption of genetically modified soybean products in the United States is much higher than ours. That is, the incidence of cancer in the United States. The rate should be much higher than we are. But in fact, the incidence of cancer did not increase significantly before eating GM soybeans and after eating GM soybeans,†Zhu Yi told reporters. A related person from a well-known seed company also stated that after the crushing of GM soybeans, the oil does not contain genetically modified components and the transgene fragment is present in proteins. An insider of an edible oil company also stated that GM technology only transfers a gene fragment. This gene fragment is stored in protein and does not affect the original vitamin E content in soybean. Therefore, Wang Xiaoyu’s “vitamin E contained in genetically modified soybean oil "There are great health threats to the human body." In addition, CCTV reported that in September 2012, scientists such as Seralini of the University of Kane, France, published research results in the “Journal of Food Chemistry and Toxicologyâ€. They said that through a two-year classification experiment conducted on 200 experimental rats, they found that Test mice fed with genetically modified corn (2420, 2.00, 0.08%) NK603 and feed contaminated with "Roundup" (trade name "Nongda") are susceptible to tumor and visceral damage. However, many experts told reporters that because of the many flaws in the experiment itself, the results of the study have not yet been adopted by the scientific community. The European Food Safety Authority made a preliminary investigation report in October last year, arguing that the objectives of the above study were not clear, and that many important details in experimental design, guidance, and data analysis were omitted. The information given in the report alone cannot be drawn. Relevant conclusions, the report can not be used as an effective basis for assessing the health risks of genetically modified corn. Call for public trials Regarding the refutation from academic circles and the industry, Wang Xiaoyu said that the issue of cancer-causing speeches is to initiate a study and hope that the state can conduct a comprehensive and open test on the safety of genetically modified soybeans. "First of all, the information I have collected shows that genetically modified soybeans are highly likely to have a carcinogenic relationship. Therefore, I would like to give the public a warning. Second, and most importantly, I would like to initiate an inquiry and call on Chinese scientists to conduct open and complete experiments and use science. The data proves that my view is wrong; finally, I hope to make it clear that soybean oil is marked on the use of genetically modified soybeans to give consumers the right to choose independently, said Wang Xiaoyu. Regarding the lack of public trial suspicion of genetically modified foods, Peng Yufa, deputy chairman of the Agricultural Genetically Modified Organism Safety Committee, who is responsible for reviewing the safety of genetically modified organisms, explained that food is not the same as drugs. The reason why drugs are to be used for various clinical trials is because drugs only For a few special populations, and soybeans, corn, etc. are for everyone to eat, so "is not a standard, on the contrary more stringent standards." “Taking the environment as an example, we will study the effects of gene flow and the impact on soil microbes, and whether the transgenic plants will be more competitive than non-transgenic plants.†said Lu Baorong, a member of the committee of the School of Life Sciences at Fudan University. He said that China has always been under the strict legal framework such as the “Regulations on the Safety Management of Agricultural Genetically Modified Organisms†and has very detailed provisions on food safety, environmental safety, and feed safety. Shenzhen You&My Electronic Technology Co., Ltd , https://www.youmyledlight.com
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