EC Chief Scientific Advisor: GMOs Not Riskier than Conventional Counterparts
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.
This article is part of the Crop Biotech Update, a weekly summary of world developments in agri-biotech for developing countries, produced by the Global Knowledge Center on Crop Biotechnology, International Service for the Aquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications SEAsiaCenter (ISAAA)
View Crop Biotech Update (
July 27, 2012
) Newsletter
Subscribe to Crop Biotech Update Newsletter
Crop Biotech Update Archive
Crop Biotech Update RSS
Biofuels Supplement RSS
