Part 6 – Transgenic Rice in Mexico, Guide to GMOs and Responsible Consumption

Part 5 of Greenpeace's Guide to GMOs and Responsible Consumption, "And You Know What You Eat?"

In August 2006, the U.S. government recognized the contamination of that country's long-grain rice with Bayer's experimental GM LL601, not approved for human consumption, which inexplicably "escaped" from the experimental fields and arrived without authorization to the grain destined for sale for human consumption. From this event, contaminations of LL601 transgenic rice were reported in several countries of the world.

Mexico is the main importer of rice from the United States, which is why Greenpeace was given the task of sending to the laboratory various brands of rice from the United States and distributed in Mexico, testing positive for bayer's transgenic some of them.

Although the government acknowledged the seriousness of the issue, in reality no precautions or measures are taken to prevent that contaminated rice from being bought and sold in Mexico.

The only way to ensure that you do not consume rice contaminated with GMOs is to prefer rice produced in Mexico that bears the seal of the Mexican Rice Council.

Part 1 Let's start at the beginning: what is a transgenic organism?

Part 2 Health Risks and Biodiversity Hazards

Part 3: GMOs In The World

Part 4: How to avoid eating GMOs?

Part 5 How to use this guide?

Authors: Val

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