[APWG] NEWS: Seeds of doubt: Rules for bioengineered crops need close monitoring
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Wed Dec 17 08:10:51 CST 2008
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/6168484.html
Seeds of doubt
Rules for bioengineered crops need close monitoring
Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle
Dec. 16, 2008, 10:02PM
As the Bush administration nears its final weeks, officials are hastily
loosening key rules in workplace safety, environmental protection -- and
soon, perhaps, on American farmlands. This month, the U.S. Department of
Agriculture began finalizing its oversight rules for genetically modified
crops: artificial plant strains with the potential for doing humans great
good -- and serious long-term harm.
The USDA needs to resist any industry pressure to rush these new rules
into effect.
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