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2009-10-09 | permalink
GM crops call for caution, Cameroonian bishop tells Synod of Bishops for Africa
Africa should be cautious in its approach to genetically modified agriculture ”even if it promises economic salvation” for the impoverished continent, a bishop from Cameroon said. Bishop George Nkuo of Kumbo said [at the Synod of Bishops for Africa] that because the long-term impact of such new technology on human and environmental health is still not clear, ”we in Cameroon suggest that Africa should not rush blindly to embrace it.”
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2009-10-09 | permalink
GM crops call for caution, Cameroonian bishop tells Synod of Bishops for Africa
Africa should be cautious in its approach to genetically modified agriculture ”even if it promises economic salvation” for the impoverished continent, a bishop from Cameroon said. Bishop George Nkuo of Kumbo said [at the Synod of Bishops for Africa] that because the long-term impact of such new technology on human and environmental health is still not clear, ”we in Cameroon suggest that Africa should not rush blindly to embrace it.”
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