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 Stories About: GMOs AND health AND politics AND United States
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Big Ban Boom
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10 Jan 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Big Ban Boom Robert Zoellick, the Bush administration's chief trade official, is calling on the U.S. to challenge the European Union's ban on genetically modified food. Zoellick claims the ban is both scientifically backward and "immoral," arguing that it deprives starving people in the developing world of food. The U.S. and t ... |
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| Topics: Africa, European Union, globalization, GMOs, health, politics, population, United States, World Trade Organization (all these topics) |
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Cut the Crop
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02 Aug 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Cut the Crop Concerned that experimental genetically modified (GM) crops could contaminate their unaltered counterparts and creep into the nation's food supply, the White House has drafted new rules to protect consumers and avoid costly and disruptive food recalls. The rules, which were written by the Office of Science and Technology Policy, propose preliminary crop-safety assessments before beginning large field tri ... |
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| Topics: GMOs, health, politics, United States (all these topics) |
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