Threat to GM foods’ future
They are also hampering Europe’s response to the global challenge of securing food supplies for current and future generations, researchers claim.
Drawing on a decade of evidence, researchers from the University of Edinburgh and Warwick University say Europe’s regulation of GM crops has become less democratic and less evidence-based since the 1980s.
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Hide AdAnti-GM groups such as organic food lobbyists and environmental non-governmental organisations (NGOs) dominate the decision making process, they claim, resulting in greater restriction of plant biotechnology research and development in Europe.