DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Farmers’ network MASIPAG warned that the approval to propagate a genetically modified rice enriched with iron and zinc (HIZ039) could pose serious health and environmental risks, citing weak biosafety safeguards and potential threats to agrobiodiversity and farmers’ livelihoods. MASIPAG, a network of farmers, scientists, and non-government organizations (NGOs), said the country’s biosafety regulatory system still suffe…
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