The twist in the GM tale

AUGUSTA, Maine -- The State House debate over requiring labeling of food products that have been genetically modified is one of many similar debates now raging throughout the country. It is also a debate that has been underway in Maine for 20 years.

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Author's Introductory Note Environmental modification techniques (ENMOD) for military use constitute, in the present context of global warfare, the ultimate weapon of mass destruction. Rarely acknowledged in the debate on global climate ...

Agricultural scientists are all for gene-altered crops that are safe for the environment and health and are beneficial to farmers, notes Surinder Sud. By raising frivolous objections to the appointment of noted farm scientist R S Paroda to the Technical Expert Committee, which was constituted by the Supreme Court to look into genetically modified crops, anti-GM activists have unknowingly done the country’s agricultural science sector a service. They have spurred farm scientists to come ...

Source Business Standard (India) By Surinder Sud Date 3 June 2013 Website www.business-standard.com Anti-GM voices have inadvertently spurred farm scientists to support the use of gene manipulation for producing stress-resistant crops ...

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