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 Stories About: food and agriculture AND globalization AND GMOs AND World Trade Organization
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Better Biosafe than Sorry
A new GMO treaty is about to get tangled up in trade tussles |
Lissa Harris |
11 Sep 2003 |
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| All but eclipsed by the somber anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety will become international law today with little fanfare. Nonetheless, its entry into force could mark the beginning of a new era in international trade -- with potentially sweeping consequences for the environment. Fields of grain -- GMO barley, to be precise. P ... |
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| Topics: food and agriculture, globalization, GMOs, World Trade Organization (all these topics) |
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