Conditions for the Use of Living Modified Organisms
Today, LMOs have been developed and used in many countries around the
world.
For example, in the field of agriculture, genetically modified crops which possess the abilities to specific chemical resist herbicides and agriculture pests,
are created from soybean, maize, rapeseed, etc. The cultivated area of genetically
modified crops is increasing every year.
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＊The main genetically modified crops are soybean, maize, cotton, and rapeseed, and these four items occupy almost all of cultivated area of genetically modified crops.
In the U.S. and Canada, (main import
trading partners of Japan for soybean,
maize, and rapeseed), the percentage
of the cultivated area of genetically
modified crops is high, and it leads to a
high percentage of genetically modified
crops in Japan’s import trading by
these countries. (Graphs do not show
the actual percentage of imported
genetically modified crops.) These
genetically modified crops are mostly
used for oil and feed.
Additionally, various LMOs are
developed and used in Japan.
For example:
- Flowers with color that cannot get
under the conventional technology,
such as blue roses
- Recombinant viruses to use for
cancer treatment
- Microbes which produce reagents or
medicines, such as insulin, used for the
treatment of diabetes