France Blasts GM Crop Approvals By EU Agency

08-Mar-10

Europe's food safety agency has used partial evidence to approve genetically modified crops, including a GM potato developed by BASF, and should overhaul its methods, a French environment minister said...

Source: France Blasts GM Crop Approvals By EU Agency
Author: div

Link: AVAAZ: .The European Commission has just approved growing genetically modified crops for the first time in 12 years, putting the GM lobby's profits over public concerns -- 60% of Europeans feel we need more information ///
Link: Fury as EU approves GM potato/Critics claim plant could spread antibiotic-resistant diseases to humans
Link: New Report: GMOs Causing Massive Pesticide Pollution


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