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An increasing number of genetically modified products on the dining table gets uraltsev
Today in the Middle Urals officially registered more than 20 food industry enterprises, which are used for food production so-called genetically modified organisms.
Monthly eats people in the region with food, tens of thousands of tons of GM ingredients. Given the dependence on food imports, which, according to various sources, is 40 - 60 per cent, is easy to imagine the extent of our vulnerability zakordonnyh danaytsev, yielding gifts.
Such data led the Ural Ecological Union representatives at the meeting "round table" "free zones genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The right to decide ". The debate was held at the Ministry of Trade, catering and services Sverdlovsk region, to discuss issues claimed was attended by experts, representatives of public organizations, supervisory departments.
As specialists emphasize, wide dissemination of genetically modified plants and products is now one of the painful problems of the world community. The first such agrokultura was a world in 1994 when the U.S. government approved the commercial growing of GMO tomato. Then the Board of Directors of the American Chemical Corporation, the developer said that in 15 - 20 years, all GM seeds sold in the world, will be patented. The strategic goal was proclaimed by the impact on national governments and promotion of transgenic products on the world market. According to experts, this task is now largely resolved.
In Russia-GM culture has not yet been allowed to grow, but food and livestock feed containing GMO, has long entered the domestic market. Studies show fund "Public opinion", 66 percent of Russians ready to buy more expensive products, if they lack GMO, but do not have such an opportunity.
-- To date there is no reliable way to determine whether the introduction of GM products dents affect human health - reported at the "round table" president of the national association of genetic security, Ph.D. Alexander Baranov .- Studies on rodents show that after the use of modified products are becoming aggressive animals lose their maternal instincts, rising mortality rate among newborn babies. Scientists under pressure from sponsors or political lobbies often change or hide the results of their investigations. Insufficient creation of GM-organisms, the lack of scientific and technical basis for verification and monitoring of biosafety uncertainty remote risks and make use of their cultivation in the territory of Russia unacceptable. Moscow guest painted a picture of a truly apocalyptic. Speaker quoted the light of science, politicians, public figures, given the alarming statistics that showed slides of hairless mice, rabbits predatory, God-korovka impotent man. By the end of his speech participants "round table" came into full gloom, realizing disappointing prospects of mankind: the genetic pollution on a global scale, such a complete degradation. Here, the word took secretary alliance CIS "For biosecurity" Victoria Kopeykina, saying that the light at the end of the tunnel is still visible.
-- Today, at the level of entire countries and regions set up a zone free of GMOs - she said .- It can be any territorial unit, organization or society whose chairmen agree with the people decide to waive the cultivation of transgenic crops on public lands and the proliferation of GM - products in schools, hospitals, social institutions, military units. In Europe, more than 230 regions, municipalities and 4500, thousands of farmers have declared themselves free of GMOs in Russia at least 14 areas. The average Urals may be another such territory.
Perhaps Moscow's proposal guests based on the fact that even last year this issue was discussed in Ekaterinburgskom Committee on Commodity Markets. According to the Ural Ecological Union, the regional ministry of trade and agriculture on the instructions of heads of government have begun preparing the programme for biosafety. True, at the "round table" the first heads of these agencies were not present, and its participants have not been a single consolidated opinion. While all speakers were certainly agree that the problem exists and it must be addressed.
For example, non-profit partnership executive director Alexei Podolyako believes that products with GM-ingre-dientami necessary to cause the appropriate marking himself as a consumer decide for themselves, need it the product or not, and unclaimed products will be ejected from store shelves. Representatives of wholesale companies noted that additional certification will require new spending, which would ultimately affect the output price. Director NP commodity managers Nina Barsukova drew the attention of "round table" to impunity falsifikatov manufacturers, marking the discrepancy on the package with the contents, minor fines, little responsibility.

Opinion
Mikhail Smolyakov,
Head of the department processing industry regional ministries of agriculture and food:
-- There is not GM-grown culture. But a significant portion of raw materials we are forced to buy in other regions, such as meat. In the area from abroad comes corn, soybeans, sugar beet, cotton oil. These products are undergoing laboratory tests at customs. Maybe you need to counter the transgenic at the entrance to the country? So far, this problem does not reflected in our legislation. In the Federal Law № 94 "On placement of purchase orders… for state and municipal needs" no single word about GM products. Here, a large field to work zakonotvortsev. For his part, provincial ministries and agencies are doing everything possible to prevent ingress of transgene in the region.