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In reply to the discussion: No more GMO: Monsanto drops bid to approve new crops in Europe [View all]proverbialwisdom
(4,959 posts)54. More historical context.
http://www.isaaa.org/kc/cropbiotechupdate/article/default.asp?ID=2729
Articles in the June 27, 2008 Issue of Crop Biotech Update
NEGROPONTE: REMOVE BARRIERS TO USE OF BIOTECH
Sustainable food security will come from advances in science and technology and the creation of an efficient global market for both agricultural products and food production technologies. We therefore are strongly encouraging countries to remove barriers for the use of innovative plant and animal production technologies, including biotechnology. This was stressed by John Negroponte, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, during the 2008 World Food Prize Laureate Announcement.
Negroponte said that biotechnology tools can help speed the development of crops with higher yields, higher nutritional value, better resistance to pests and diseases, and stronger food system resilience in the face of climate change.
In related events, former U.S. Senators Robert Dole and George McGovern have been selected to receive the 2008 World Food Prize in October 2008 for their collaborative leadership that has encouraged a global commitment to school feeding and enhanced school attendance and nutrition for millions of the worlds poorest children, especially girls.
Details of the news are available at http://www.state.gov/s/d/2008/105902.htm and http://www.worldfoodprize.org/press_room/2008/june/08laureates.htm
Articles in the June 27, 2008 Issue of Crop Biotech Update
NEGROPONTE: REMOVE BARRIERS TO USE OF BIOTECH
Sustainable food security will come from advances in science and technology and the creation of an efficient global market for both agricultural products and food production technologies. We therefore are strongly encouraging countries to remove barriers for the use of innovative plant and animal production technologies, including biotechnology. This was stressed by John Negroponte, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, during the 2008 World Food Prize Laureate Announcement.
Negroponte said that biotechnology tools can help speed the development of crops with higher yields, higher nutritional value, better resistance to pests and diseases, and stronger food system resilience in the face of climate change.
In related events, former U.S. Senators Robert Dole and George McGovern have been selected to receive the 2008 World Food Prize in October 2008 for their collaborative leadership that has encouraged a global commitment to school feeding and enhanced school attendance and nutrition for millions of the worlds poorest children, especially girls.
Details of the news are available at http://www.state.gov/s/d/2008/105902.htm and http://www.worldfoodprize.org/press_room/2008/june/08laureates.htm
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Forget Seralini; try 118 articles on glyphosate from 'US National Library of Medicine' publications.
proverbialwisdom
Jul 2013
#41
Fraudulent science, how about sick kids? These findings give support to The Precautionary Principle
proverbialwisdom
Jul 2013
#33
"Because while our children may only represent 30% of the population, they are 100% of our future."
proverbialwisdom
Jul 2013
#42
Pusztai? Embarrassing. That the antis have nothing but bad science should tell you something
roseBudd
Jul 2013
#57
ABSOLUTELY FALSE -"Peer review tells us that...Pusztai performed shoddy research."
proverbialwisdom
Jul 2013
#65
Ironic you'd mention risk factors. Here's a 2009 Press Release from Breast Cancer Action about rBGH.
proverbialwisdom
Jul 2013
#49
Courtesy Michael Hansen, PhD Senior Scientist, Consumer Reports: Monsanto, GM foods & Health Risks.
proverbialwisdom
Jul 2013
#46
FALSE - "The vast majority of scientists agree that biotech food is safe. " The field is evolving.
proverbialwisdom
Jul 2013
#64
I imagine it's easier to trivialize and minimize the person than it is to take valid exception
LanternWaste
Jul 2013
#53
Oh, it's just a single case history, but wait for the GMO labeling laws to be implemented.
proverbialwisdom
Jul 2013
#74
FYI, claims of altruistic and humanitarian motives are explored in investigative reports here.
proverbialwisdom
Jul 2013
#47
IAASTD examined global agriculture on scale comparable to Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change
proverbialwisdom
Jul 2013
#48
Al Gore: The challenges raised by human biotechnologies on par with those of global climate change.
proverbialwisdom
Jul 2013
#50