Green Options

Have seasonal allergies? Just warm up some genetically modified rice for relief!

Researchers at Japan’s National Institute for Agrobiological Sciences in Tsukubahope that you think this solution sounds simply delicious. They’ve developed a rice that could help alleviate the itchiness and watery eyes associated with hayfever. And after safety tests on macaques (monkeys), researchers are excited to take the next step: humans trials.

I’d like to try this GM rice in people in the near future.

Researchers point out that the 26-week long trial on the monkeys was for safety, not efficacy. So how would this mutant rice work?

Marketing the national agriculture as GM-free has been a key feature of the Welsh Assembly’s approach to boosting the Welsh farming economy. Given that over half of American consumers would prefer to buy GM free food if they could identify it, this has been a major selling factor.