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How much should we worry about biotech? The culture war behind the biotech battle: how irrational fear could really give us something to worry about.
When U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman and U.S. Special Trade Representative Robert Zoellick announced in May 2003 that the U.S. would file a case at the World Trade Organization against the European Union's moratorium on the approval of new genetically modified (G.M.) food products, the U.S. agriculture industry no doubt found itself asking, "What took you so long?" After all, the E.U.'s approach to the assessment of the health and environmental impact of G.M. foods has been based on shaky scientific foundations from the start.
Newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic cast the U.S. challenge in terms of a brewing trade war. Commentators noted that the ...
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...Mar. 19--Europe's rejection of genetically modified crops from the...three types of genetically modified corn to Europe, among them...claims" about genetically modified crops prevent...to markets in Europe. Utlaut said...
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- Magazine article from: Chemistry and Industry August 19, 2002 700+ words
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- Author Outlines Debate over Use of Genetically Modified Crops in Europe.
- Newspaper article from: The Times-News (Twin Falls, Idaho) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) August 12, 2002 700+ words
...surrounding the use of genetically modified crops in Europe. Christiansen...the labeling of genetically modified organisms in the...Consumer groups in Europe wanted any food...0.01 percent genetically modified organisms to be...
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...ago that Saddam Hussein and genetically modified foods would be inextricably...the United States at odds with Europe. First is the question about...the European Union's ban on genetically modified foods just as there are hawks...
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- Magazine article from: Food Processing Joy, David June 1, 2004 700+ words
...foods derived from genetically modified (GM) sources took...foods marketed in Europe must be labeled to...additive derived from a genetically modified source. Manufacturers...food ingredients in Europe also must comply with...
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