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European countries need GMOs after running out of ground
Posted by: Panchito ()
Date: April 26, 2013 04:25PM

[phys.org]

"The European Union cannot meet its goals in agricultural policy without embracing genetically engineered crops (GMOs). That's the conclusion of scientists who write in Trends in Plant Science, a Cell Press publication, based on case studies showing that the EU is undermining its own competitiveness in the agricultural sector to its own detriment and that of its humanitarian activities in the developing world."

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Re: European countries need GMOs after running out of ground
Posted by: Tamukha ()
Date: April 29, 2013 05:50PM

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". . . the EU is undermining its own competitiveness in the agricultural sector . . . "

Oh, no, not that! I presumed a host of fallacious arguments abound in these findings, and upon checking the publication, here's just one doozy:

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Subsidies designed to support farmers now benefit large producers at the expense of family farms, Christou says. The EU has also banned its farmers from using many pesticides and restricted them from other nonchemical methods of pest control, while allowing food products produced in the same ways to be imported.

Uh, have you people not heard of The United States of America, where we are GMO driven and the exact same circumstances exist[gasp!]?



This makes me despair, but thanks for posting anyhow, Panchito.

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