Time to Relax GMO Regulation in Europe
January 4, 2008| |
The existence of genetically modified (GM) organisms for more than ten years is enough to give experience and insights to evaluate the ratio of its risks to benefits and reduce the existing regulation in Europe, according to a new review published by the journal Plant, Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture. The author of the review, Jaroslav Drobnik of the Charles University in Prague, pointed out that the strict GMO regulations of the European Union (EU) have resulted to serious negative consequences.
Since the EU allows GM crops only for food and processing, farmers are denied access to benefits brought about by the technology. He further added that since politics is the priority over science in the continent, scientists and research divisions of big companies are moving to more open countries like the US. This results to the decline of plant molecular biology as an academic subject in Europe. However, he concluded that based on recent developments, positive changes in GMO regulation in the continent will be slow but inevitable.
The abstract of the review and links to the full text is available at http://www.springerlink.com/content/6561614158281ul5/?p=1d78269813f14e76894751ca60bb862d&pi=2
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