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Zero sense in European approach to GM
Author(s) -
Wager Robert,
McHughen Alan
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/embor.2010.33
Subject(s) - rest (music) , international trade , european union , genetically modified organism , political science , agricultural economics , economics , environmental ethics , biology , philosophy , medicine , biochemistry , cardiology , gene
The EU not only has banned the growing of nearly all GM crops but also refuses to import most GM plants and plant products. As Robert Wager and Alan McHughen argue, this may have dramatic consequences for the European livestock industry and European consumers as the rest of the world grows more and more GM crops.