GD: The debate is right and wrong.

"You say gm safety is ok, why is there so much debate?" "DDT (organochlorine insecticide) was also considered safe, now?" "Even if it's safe now, how can you keep it safe in the future?" In late September, in front of hundreds of students from Jinan's agricultural majors, Fang Xuanchang, a science writer and editor-in-chief of the Genetic Agriculture Network, answered those questions with a report called "Gm: What's in Contention."
he thinks that many times we are confused that we are in fact a pseudo-problem.
all these problems, in fact, can not explain anything, but may be the source of doubt and prejudice.
, gms have long been "demonized" in The Country, making it necessary for scientists involved in research on GM technology to speak out and share "first-hand information".
, at the invitation of the Chinese Agricultural Society and Shandong Agricultural Society, Jin Wujun, a member of the National Agricultural GeneticAlly Modified Biosafety Committee, a researcher of the Gene Safety Evaluation and Application Team of the Institute of Biotechnology of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and Fang Xuanchang, a science writer and editor-in-chief of the Genetic Agriculture Network, made two reports in Jinan, which expounded GM technology and its safety from different angles.
from the invention of recombinant DNA technology in the United States in 1973, the birth of the world's first genetically modified E. coli began, to 1996 the global GMOs into a large-scale commercial application stage, in Jinwujun's view, "gMO technology and its products are the result of scientific and technological development, and technological development is unstoppable" and two "imperfect" need stogenic technology development has a deep need.
Fang Xuanchang believes that we are faced with two aspects of "imperfectness": first, we eat not perfectly, "for example, 'yellow cyclic' is only the tip of the iceberg; Take out one gene in a biological species or species that controls good traits, and the technique of hybridization with another biological species or variety that requires this fine traits". For example, Chu Xiusheng, a researcher at the Crop Institute of the Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, explained to reporters the entire process of gene transfer: first, the gene to be transferred from a particular biological tissue organ (e.g. roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits) is extracted, and then scientifically modified, processed, and other functions of the gene in the laboratory.
using genetic guns, agrobacteria and other conversion tools, transferred to another biological immature embryo or other tissue cells, and then tissue culture, through cell differentiation, plant regeneration and other processes, to obtain genetically modified plant seedlings.
to transfer the seedling plant into the genetic test, screening into the gene has been inserted into the receptor biological genome of the plant seedlings, and the positive plant for field planting, expansion, through the excellent characteristics of the screening, transfer to the gene testing, to obtain stable genetically modified plant genetically modified offspring new strains, and then through a series of safety evaluation, intermediate testing, etc., all the way smoothly, finally can pass validation and promotion.
new technology has to withstand "misunderstandings" to test concerns about the safety of GM as a source of controversy.
as listed at the beginning of this article, the confusion of different groups mostly points to the safety of genetically modified organisms.
Jinwujun from research and development, evaluation, supervision, public participation and other aspects of the elaboration, and use the facts to speak: GENETICally modified safety research for nearly 40 years, human safe consumption for 18 years, the global consumption of GENETICally modified people has now reached 4/5, animals have been eating more than 10 generations.
concluded that "to date, there has been no confirmed biosecurity problem with GM products." Most of the vaccines you get come from GM technology; insulin that keeps people with diabetes healthy comes from GM technology; and most of the interferons and antibiotics developed and produced today come from GM technology.
", "Through this evidence, Fang Xuanchang has proved the point that genetically modified technology protects human health."
like airplanes, trains, mobile phones at the beginning of the face of criticism, a new technology after the introduction of people misunderstood is normal.
as a popular science writer, Fang Xuanchang reminded the public: rational view of opinion leaders, clarify what is "authority", before a comprehensive understanding of a controversial event, do not draw conclusions, otherwise, this conclusion is likely to be prejudice.
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