俄国会议员提议将转基因生产者作为恐怖主义者加以惩罚
本帖最后由 人生挺好 于 2014-5-16 11:55 编辑GMO producers should be punished as terrorists, Russian MPs say
Published time: May 15, 2014 12:47
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A draft law submitted to the Russian parliament seeks to impose punishment up to criminal prosecution to producers of genetically-modified organisms harmful to health or the environment.
The draft legislation submitted on Wednesday amends Russia's lawregulating GMOs and some other laws and provides for disciplinaryaction against individuals and firms, which produce or distributeharmful biotech products and government officials who fail toproperly control them.
At worst, a criminal case may be launched against a companyinvolved in introducing unsafe GMOs into Russia. Sponsors of thebill say that the punishment for such deeds should be comparableto the punishment allotted to terrorists, if the perpetrators actknowingly and hurt many people.
“When a terrorist act is committed, only several people areusually hurt. But GMOs may hurt dozens and hundreds. Theconsequences are much worse. And punishment should beproportionate to the crime,” co-author Kirill Cherkasov,member of the State Duma Agriculture Committee told RT.
Russian criminal code allows for a punishment starting with 15years in jail and up to a life sentence for terrorism.
Less severe misdeeds related to GMOs would be punishable byfines. For instance the administrative code would provide for upto 20,000 rubles (US$560) in fines for failure to report anincident of environmental pollution, which would also coverharmful GMO contamination, if sponsors of the bill have theirway.
Russia gave the green light to import of GMOs and planting ofbioengineered seeds as part of its accession to the WTO, but theRussian government remains skeptical of GMOs. In April, PrimeMinister Dmitry Medvedev announced that his cabinet will postpone thebeginning of certification of GMO plants for growth in Russia dueto lack of proper infrastructure needed to test their safety.
The government also opposes imports of GMO food, saying thecountry has enough farmlands to provide enough regular food tofeed itself.
But the new draft legislation, even if adopted, would bedifficult to enforce in practice. Proving a direct link betweencertain GMOs and health or environmental problems could bedifficult, considering that harmful effects, if they manifest,may take years to become apparent.
Critics of the draft bill also point out that it fails to suggestamendments to laws regulating textile production andpharmaceutical industry, both of which have been usinggenetically-altered products for years.
“The global pharmaceutical industry uses GMOs much wider thanfood industry does. And there is the question, who should bepunished in this case – producers of medicines which are used totreat people, or those who want to ban them,” commentedAleksandr Korbut, vice-president of the Russian grain union, toIzvestia newspaper.
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