Legal March 18, 2011
The Center for Food Safety (CFS) and Earth justice file suit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), arguing that the agency’s recent unrestricted approval of genetically engineered (GE), “Roundup Ready” Alfalfa was unlawful. Complete Complaint September 14, 2006 Legal petition calls for banning all LibertyLink rice as plant pests. USDA urged to deny approval of illegal genetically engineered rice found in food supply. Complete Complaint To read more Legal issues |
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Ethical Many people feel the
use of genetic engineering in food and farming is wrong, that it goes against
nature or their spiritual beliefs. Others think it's wrong because it allows
big companies to gain more control of the food chain. The fact
is that genetic engineering allows scientists to take a gene from one species
and insert it into a completely different species with which it could never
naturally breed We should consider whether we should have the right to
experiment with the blueprint of life and commercialize living organisms. Burden "A concern particularly in developing countries is the concept of just distribution. Questions have to do with whether the products produced by the technology will be able to provide for those who really need it and whether it will generate wealth for the society as a whole. A technology’s ability to increase or decrease the gap between the rich and poor renders it an ethical issue." via (ETHICS) Curious click here via "WASHINGTON" Too much GMO? "SILENT in flannel shirts and ponytails, farmers from Saskatchewan and South Dakota, Mississippi and Massachusetts lined the walls of a packed federal courtroom in Manhattan last week, as their lawyers told a judge that they were no longer able to keep genetically modified crops from their fields." Curious click here via (WASHINGTON) Fear Creating a Virus? “I worry about the garage scientist, about the do-your-own scientist, about the person who just wants to try and see if they can do it,” |
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