Unless we see that happening, we are going to see these inevitable parallels with GMOs.
Borst, once an opponent of GMOs, went through a Lynas-like conversion of his own.
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Much of the debates enshrouding breeding and GMOs (genetically modified organisms) falter on the abyss of actual cloning.
There is a significant body of scientific research that supports the safety of GMOs in mainstream food supplies.
As to the current effects on the environment, GMOs are better their too.
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Campaigners in favour of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) hope that developments in this area will lessen public opposition to GM food.
Where GMOs get planted, the very most toxic pesticides get phased out.
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The protocol will also establish a biosafety clearing-house, in the Canadian city of Montreal, as a one-stop shop for information on GMOs.
Already there are calls for banning GMOs in Monterey County.
But as GMOs have gained favor with the science community, the focus of activist groups shifted and a new culprit was identified: neonicotinoids.
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They say GMOs will bankrupt farmers, but today China has more land growing GM crops than anyone else except the U.S. and Brazil.
"Rich countries that have a lot of food and few people" might have the luxury of nursing their doubts on GMOs, Huang says.
GMOs is that a wave of innovative new foods is now coming out of the laboratories with properties that should directly benefit consumers.
GMOs made up more than half the world's soya crop by area, a quarter of its corn and over a tenth of its cotton.
Retailer Whole Foods recently announced that by 2018 all products in its North American stores that contain "GMOs" must say so on the label.
Any country wishing to export GMOs has to notify the clearing-house, so the recipient country can obtain the information it needs to decide the case.
However, the verdict is not thought to address the issue of whether GMOs are safe or if they can be compared to naturally occurring products.
Labeling- 61 nations require labeling and 23 have banned GMOs completely.
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Nearly 50 countries require labels on Genetically Engineered food (GMOs), and many of these also have severe restrictions or bans against GMO food production or sale.
At its heart is the concept of "advance informed agreement" (AIA), a procedure designed to make sure countries have the information they need before agreeing to import GMOs.
GMOs can help with that, especially in the developing world.
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The scientists, including representatives from NGOs skeptical of GMOs, unanimously reaffirmed the food safety report: AquaBounty salmon was materially identical to conventional salmon and posed no apparent environmental hazards.
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The study is also likely to create friction in the United States, where opponents of genetically engineered foods in California are fighting to have all GMOs removed from the food supply.
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On January 3, British activist Mark Lynas apologized to a gathering of academics at Oxford for his staunch opposition to the production and distribution of genetically modified organisms ( GMOs).
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It is reported that in the 1, 000 page ruling, the WTO also criticises Austria, Belgium, France, Germany Italy and Luxembourg for banning several genetically modified organisms (GMOs) already cleared by the European Commission.
"It is clear that the US, Canada and Argentina will not be able to use this ruling to bully other countries to accept GMOs, " said Eric Gall, political advisor to environmentalist group Greenpeace in Brussels.
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