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2009-03-03 |

Farmers will eventually win the biotech fight

Some day in the not too distant future, European farmers will be planting biotech crops. Some already are planting insect-protected corn, and many more want to plant it and other biotech crops, but their governments continue to kowtow to anti-technology groups. [...] The European Commission wants the ban lifted because no science supports it. Typically only five nations step up to support the science, but this time nine countries voted in support.

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2009-03-03 |

Farmers will eventually win the biotech fight

Some day in the not too distant future, European farmers will be planting biotech crops. Some already are planting insect-protected corn, and many more want to plant it and other biotech crops, but their governments continue to kowtow to anti-technology groups. [...] The European Commission wants the ban lifted because no science supports it. Typically only five nations step up to support the science, but this time nine countries voted in support.

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