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2008-12-05 | permalink
Environment ministers want reform of EU GMO authorisation system
EU environment ministers have called for assessing the long-term effects of GMOs on the environment, living organisms and health. They also encourage independent research by scientists on GMOs and access to information that is currently kept secret by agro-biotech companies. Ministers meeting at the Environment Council also urged the European Food Safety Authority, which is at the heart of all decisions taken in the EU on GMOs, to consider the environmental impact of herbicides spread over GM crops. They also said that pesticide-producing GM crops should be treated in the same way as chemical pesticides and recognised the right of regions and local communities to establish GM-free zones.
- Greenpeace International, European Unit, Belgium: Environment ministers want reform of EU GMO authorisation system
- Europabio, Belgium: Changes in biotech regulations must not be an attempt to further delay the approvals process
- Council of the European Union, Belgium: Genetically modified organisms - Council conclusions
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2008-12-05 | permalink
Environment ministers want reform of EU GMO authorisation system
EU environment ministers have called for assessing the long-term effects of GMOs on the environment, living organisms and health. They also encourage independent research by scientists on GMOs and access to information that is currently kept secret by agro-biotech companies. Ministers meeting at the Environment Council also urged the European Food Safety Authority, which is at the heart of all decisions taken in the EU on GMOs, to consider the environmental impact of herbicides spread over GM crops. They also said that pesticide-producing GM crops should be treated in the same way as chemical pesticides and recognised the right of regions and local communities to establish GM-free zones.
- Greenpeace International, European Unit, Belgium: Environment ministers want reform of EU GMO authorisation system
- Europabio, Belgium: Changes in biotech regulations must not be an attempt to further delay the approvals process
- Council of the European Union, Belgium: Genetically modified organisms - Council conclusions
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