Gonzalez also criticized findings by the CEC and CIBIOGEM that gene transfer in the area studied has thus far been "insignificant from a biological point of view." The study also notes, however, that the uncontrolled spread of GM corn could one day make it impossible to find corn not manipulated by science.
"This measure is necessary because corn is a major source of nutrition for Mexico," said Victor Manuel Villalobos Arambula, executive secretary of the Comision Intersecretarial de Bioseguridad y Alimentos Modificados (CIBIOGEM).
"CIBIOGEM has turned down recommendations related to public opinion and the study of socioeconomic impacts to privilege everything related with the commercialization of transgenics," said Alejandro Calvillo, director of Greenpeace Mexico.