Monday, June 20, 2005
case against Europe's biotech policy strengthened
EU members again uphold the "precautionary principle", whch if applied early enough would have had the Earth populated by a few carbonaceous chemicals afraid of "going live".
Ah, but there is money involved, right? Well, sort of, except that GMO crops are generally more bearing, giving a larger crop. OTOH, they can keep lying to Africa and assure that their non-GMO crops will have a market.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States may see its case against Europe's biotech policy strengthened this week as three EU governments look set to maintain bans on a type of genetically modified (GMO) maize, a EU official said on Monday.
The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, wants Austria, Luxembourg and Germany to scrap their bans on Bt-176, a GMO maize strain made by Swiss biotech giant Syngenta .
The Commission says there is no scientific justification for the bans on health and environmental grounds.
Ah, but there is money involved, right? Well, sort of, except that GMO crops are generally more bearing, giving a larger crop. OTOH, they can keep lying to Africa and assure that their non-GMO crops will have a market.
