再论生物安全

A Review on Biosafety

关键词:  转基因作物  基因流  基因污染  预先防范原则

Key words:  transgenic crops  gene flow  genetic pollution  principle of precautionary

摘要:

生物安全是指既要避免或减轻由现代生物技术对生物多样性保护和其持续利用以及人类健康可能带来的不利影响,同时也承认现代生物技术在提高人类生活质量,特别是在满足食物、农业及卫生保健方面所具有的极大潜力。认为重视生物安全的人都是对转基因生物的反对派,甚至提到是坚决的反对派,这种观点是极端错误的、有害的。基因污染事件已经在加拿大及墨西哥发生,对转基因作物及其产品使用得最多的美国,事实上也是在采用预先防范的原则来处理生物安全,因此,发展生物技术应强调生物安全。

Abstract:

The concept of biosafety is not only to avoid or minimize the adverse impacts that could affect the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and human health,and which likely derives from modern biotechnology, but also to recognize the huge potentialities provided by modern biotechnology on the improvement of human living quality,especially on the aspects of satisfying the need of food,agriculture and health.The following perspective is extremely wrong that all the persons who pay attention to biosafety are the opposite faction of modern biotechnology.Genetic pollution has occurred in Canada and Mexico.The United States of America,which is the country made use of a lot of transgenic food,is also using the principle of precautionary approach Therefore,it is important to pay attention to biosafety.