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Franken-rice for pharmaceuticals in Kansas

by Sarah J. Gim, Posted May 19th 2007 @ 11:04AM

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The USDA has just approved a plan to grow 3,200 acres of genetically modified rice near Junction City, Kansas for the purposes of making pharmaceuticals. The "Franken-rice," as it is called by those opposed to the plan, will have human proteins in them.

Though the USDA claims that it will be safe because there are no commercial rice farms (i.e. not for human consumption) in Kansas, there is the possibility that the rice may mix with other edible crops.

Yikes.

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Filed Under: Science, Farming, Non-GMO, Ingredients
Tags: america, GMO, grains, kansas, midwest rural, rice

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