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Kids compensated for acting as guinea pig
By Pan Zheng |
December 6, 2012, Thursday
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Twenty-five pupils in central China's Hunan Province reportedly ate genetically modified rice without being informed in a study in 2008. Each student will receive 80,000 yuan in compensation from the local government, today's Dongnan Morning Post reported.
The paper said a survey found the 25 pupils in Jiangkou Township Primary School in Hengyang City were served the so-called "Golden Rice" in a nutrition research in 2008. The program was led by Tang Guangwen, a professor from Massachusetts-based Tufts University, Yin Shi'an, a researcher at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and Wang Yin, a researcher of Zhejiang Academy of Medical Science.
Tang published his essay about the "Golden Rice" in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition this August, saying they conducted human experiment in China's Hunan Province in 2008.
An informed source told the newspaper that the "Golden Rice" research was incorporated into an unauthorized project by the National Natural Science Foundation to find out the "efficiency of carotenoids turning into vitamin A in child's body."
Some parents told the paper that a total of 88 children were involved in the experiment and 25 of them ate the rice about 60 grams each. Other children who had not tried the rice will receive 10,000 yuan in compensation.
No child reported any symptom because local officials said the "Golden Rice" had been tested for food safety in the United States and was harmless.
The paper said a survey found the 25 pupils in Jiangkou Township Primary School in Hengyang City were served the so-called "Golden Rice" in a nutrition research in 2008. The program was led by Tang Guangwen, a professor from Massachusetts-based Tufts University, Yin Shi'an, a researcher at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and Wang Yin, a researcher of Zhejiang Academy of Medical Science.
Tang published his essay about the "Golden Rice" in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition this August, saying they conducted human experiment in China's Hunan Province in 2008.
An informed source told the newspaper that the "Golden Rice" research was incorporated into an unauthorized project by the National Natural Science Foundation to find out the "efficiency of carotenoids turning into vitamin A in child's body."
Some parents told the paper that a total of 88 children were involved in the experiment and 25 of them ate the rice about 60 grams each. Other children who had not tried the rice will receive 10,000 yuan in compensation.
No child reported any symptom because local officials said the "Golden Rice" had been tested for food safety in the United States and was harmless.
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