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- Title
Time to relax GMO regulation in Europe.
- Abstract
Abstract There is enough experience gained during 10 years of genetically modified (GM) crops application to seriously evaluate the ratio of risk to benefit and reduce the existing regulation in Europe. It does not evaluate benefit and the risk of the alternative situation when GM crops are not used. The precautionary principle is applied only to GM crops application, never to alternative solutions of, e.g., pest control. The Eurobarometer 2005 shows how propaganda inseminates public opinion with shameful nonsense. Voices asking for change of this politics come from the European Parliament, British ACRE, EuropaBio, even from Commission, scientists and other European sources, but also from Africa and other developing countries.
- Subjects
EUROPE; AFRICA; PLANT genetic engineering laws; CROP genetics; BT crops; RISK assessment of transgenic plants; PEST control; PUBLIC opinion
- Publication
Plant Cell, Tissue & Organ Culture, 2008, Vol 94, Issue 3, p235
- ISSN
0167-6857
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11240-007-9331-3