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Transgenic Plants and Human Health and Safety
Transgenic Plants and Human Health and Safety
Pages 15-18
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To date, over 30 million hectares of transgenic crops have been grown and no human health problems associated specifically with the ingestion of transgenic crops or their products have been identified. However numerous potential concerns have been raised since the development of GM technology in the early 1970s.
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This makes toxicity testing for transgenic plants more straightforward than it is for conventionally produced plants with new traits, because it is much clearer what the new features are in the modified plant. On the other hand, GM technology can introduce genes from diverse organisms, some of which have little history in the food supply.
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public health regulatory systems need to be put in place in every country to identify and monitor any potential adverse human health effects of transkenic plants, as for any other new variety. Such systems must remain fully adaptable to rapid advances in scientific knowledge.
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