EC Chief Scientific Advisor: GMOs Not Riskier than Conventional Counterparts
July 27, 2012| |
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are no riskier than their conventional counterparts said European Commission's Chief Scientific Advisor Anne Glover in an exclusive interview for EurActiv. "There is no substantiated case of any adverse impact on human health, animal health or environmental health, so that's pretty robust evidence, and I would be confident in saying that there is no more risk in eating GMO food than eating conventionally farmed food," Glover explained.
The Chief Scientific Advisor added that scientific evidence is needed to play a stronger role in policymaking. "I think we could really get somewhere in Europe if and when the evidence is used partially, there were an obligation on people to say why they have rejected evidence," she said. Glover also said that she was looking into the possibility of creating a network of individual chief scientific advisors within member states to enhance scientific evidence within EU policy making.
The exclusive feature is at http://www.euractiv.com/innovation-enterprise/commission-science-supremo-endor-news-514072?utm_source=EurActiv%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=0fa3855ac8-newsletter_daily_update&utm_medium=email.
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