Ronald says that genetically modified crops have proved remarkably safe for both people and the environment.
But as the fuss over genetically modified crops showed, public opinion is also important.
Their affection for guns, religion, the death penalty and genetically modified crops seems strange to Europeans.
This is nowhere more insidious than agriculture and the world of genetically modified crops.
Witness a government statement last month that experimental fields of genetically modified crops pose no risk to health.
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Greenpeace International, a vocal opponent of genetically modified crops, is skeptical that zinc fingers can evade the GMO labeling.
It is considering proposals such as relocating the population, introducing genetically modified crops and building barriers to protect the lowlands.
We need improved protection for wildlife and biodiversity must be enhanced, not threatened with genetically modified crops and intensive agriculture.
He has also campaigned against genetically modified crops, and most recently was expelled from Israel after joining besieged Palestinians in Ramallah.
One unremarkable conclusion to be drawn from the case is that much of the public remains antagonistic to genetically modified crops.
That people are nervous about genomic technology is obvious from the reaction in Europe, and increasingly in America, to genetically modified crops.
It references a review by Seralini et al. (them, again) entitled Genetically modified crops safety assessments: present limits and possible improvements.
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Genetically modified crops have great potential to improve plant and human health.
The US has consistently challenged through the World Trade Organisation the European Union's reluctance to import and sell genetically modified crops and food.
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Government scientists believe that genetically modified crops might be the only way out of the crisis, but a majority of consumers are reluctant to listen.
This is especially important because some experts think the next wave of genetically modified crops may come from government-funded labs as well as industry ones.
In 1996, no genetically modified crops were commercially cultivated in America.
He asked why the government was ignoring the advice of English Nature, an official advisory body, about the need for a moratorium on genetically modified crops.
Petitions already under way include a proposal to halt the introduction of genetically modified crops, and one that would bar Turkey from the EU for ever.
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But we still need genetically modified crops, Monsanto is still the leader, and I think people should be careful about writing them off in the long term.
As the world's largest producers of genetically modified crops, the US and Canada have a vested interest in downplaying the concerns about genetic engineering raised by environmental groups.
Also Tuesday, Bayer filed another motion in the MDL seeking to clarify that two environmental groups, Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth, are vociferously opposed to genetically modified crops.
They may be particularly wary of setting precedents that they may later regret: the beef war is widely seen as a forerunner for a larger battle about genetically modified crops.
All this could, in turn, revive other bilateral disputes, subdued during the Doha talks: about unlawful tax concessions for American companies and about the EU's refusal to import genetically modified crops.
Last month Lib Dem farming minister David Heath told farming groups that genetically modified crops were "one of the tools in the box" but not the silver bullet to increase food production.
Making progress on agriculture, particularly on the barriers to genetically modified crops and hormone-treated meat produced by American farmers, will be tough, but is politically important to secure support for the deal in Congress.
They are people with deep green bona fides, such as the award-winning U.K. environmental writer Mark Lynas, whose book The God Species champions nuclear power and genetically modified crops as essential for a sustainable planet.
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Sadly for Dr Gruys and his team, their project looks like being a victim of the downturn in fortune that has overtaken Monsanto in the wake of scares about genetically modified crops intended for human consumption.
The recent hullabaloo over the controversial Seralini GM maize study and questions about the safety of foods made from genetically modified crops has obscured another line of attack on biotechnology: claims that GM crops are environmentally unfriendly.
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Another new report, by officials at the Department of the Environment's Biotechnology Unit, also supports fears that genetically modified crops could lead to the use of more powerful herbicides which might damage the habitats of farmland birds and wildlife.
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