Wednesday, May 02, 2012 by: Ethan A. Huff, staff writer
(NaturalNews) Unless the rice you buy is certified organic, or comes
specifically from a farm that tests its rice crops for genetically
modified (GM) traits, you could be eating rice tainted with actual human
genes. The only known GMO with inbred human traits in cultivation
today, a GM rice product made by biotechnology company Ventria Bioscience
is currently being grown on 3,200 acres in Junction City, Kansas -- and
possibly elsewhere -- and most people have no idea about it.
Since about 2006, Ventria
has been quietly cultivating rice that has been genetically modified
(GM) with genes from the human liver for the purpose of taking the
artificial proteins produced by this "Frankenrice" and using them in
pharmaceuticals. With approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Ventria
has taken one of the most widely cultivated grain crops in the world
today, and essentially turned it into a catalyst for producing new
drugs.
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