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2007-03-30 | permalink
Genetically engineered crops need more oversight in the USA
Genetically engineered crops are back in the headlines, for all the wrong reasons:
- Twice in the past six months, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that rice planted in the United States (and then exported to our trading partners) contained small amounts of an unapproved genetically engineered rice variety.
- Last month, two federal judges admonished the USDA for not adequately evaluating the potential impacts of genetically engineered alfalfa and creeping bentgrass.
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2007-03-30 | permalink
Genetically engineered crops need more oversight in the USA
Genetically engineered crops are back in the headlines, for all the wrong reasons:
- Twice in the past six months, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that rice planted in the United States (and then exported to our trading partners) contained small amounts of an unapproved genetically engineered rice variety.
- Last month, two federal judges admonished the USDA for not adequately evaluating the potential impacts of genetically engineered alfalfa and creeping bentgrass.
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