NEWS: Russia's Chief Medical Officer: GM Crops are a Blessing for the Mankind
Agbioworld
By Novgorodskiye Vedomosti (Velikiy Novgorod)
January 26, 2007
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Russian chief medical officer Gennadiy Onishchenko made an unannounced visit to Velikiy Novgorod to inspect the construction of a laboratory at the Hygiene and Epidemiology Centre, Novgorodskiye Vedomosti said on 26 January. The laboratory worth R200m…will have capacities to diagnose infectious diseases, conduct air and water tests and identify genetically modified components in foodstuffs.
Onishchenko said genetically modified [GM] crops are a blessing for the mankind because they save billions of people from starvation. "In today's conditions Russia cannot provide itself with foods, even with potato, by using conventional agricultural methods only. We have to permit the consumption of and buy genetically modified soybeans and other crops," the newspaper quoted him as saying.
