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Portugal Friends of the Earth published the location of the experiments with transgenic outdoor

A company requests cultivate GM rice with human genes

Map Link to the experimental fields

Friends of the Earth published the exact location of experimental GM fields that have been applied in Spain in 2011 [1]. This information, hidden by the Government to a ruling by the European Court of Justice, was first published in 2010 and has led to a reduction in the experiments made by multinationals in Spain. In 2011, an Italian company has requested permission to grow genetically engineered rice with human genes Vinaròs, Castellón.

Spain has hosted for 42% of all transgenic experiments outdoors that have been made in the European Union in recent years [2], an activity with high environmental and health risks. The concealment of its exact location by the Government of Spain has become the testing ground for multinationals. While other countries European publishing this information on official websites, the Ministry of Environment, Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) has been reluctant to provide this information even after the verdict.

David Sanchez, head of Agriculture and Food Friends of the Earth said: "Public access to this information is a clear improvement in transparency on GMOs. The possibility of neighbors and farmers can be protected from contamination and exert some social control over the security measures to be taken by these fields is essential. Especially given the lack of control by the government. " The MARM has

been unable to meet the demands of Friends of the Earth on the evidence about the control of these experimental tests, and even acknowledged at the last meeting of the participation of GM pollution is not studied in adjacent fields. The reading of the minutes of the National Biosafety Committee demonstrates the serious lack of control over these experiments [3].

"There are already several cases of experimental GM crops that have finished contaminating the food chain worldwide. GM release into the environment is a risk we can not assume. If we do not brake, multinationals continue using Spain as a field of experimentation, "added Sanchez.

In 2011, Transact, an Italian company, has requested permission to grow outdoors rice with human genes in Castellón. The objective is to obtain an enzyme for treating Gaucher's disease [4].

"The production of enzymes for the treatment of this disease is carried in sufficient quantities in confined environments, avoiding risks to the environment and health. Get these enzymes from plants may cause allergic reactions in patients, and risks if the rice contaminates food crops are too high. The Ministry should reject this experiment, since its objective is purely commercial, and poses an unacceptable risk to public health, "said Agriculture and Food responsible for Friends of the Earth.