Use of Genetically Modified Organisms
On Appeals to Nature and their Use in the Public Controversy over Genetically Modified Organisms
... The aim of this paper is to discuss what is sometimes called “the fallacy of appeal to nature”. While the label is widely used in infor- mal discussions of fallacies, I was not able to find a discussion of it in the ...
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Proposal for a Council Directive on the contained use of genetically modified microorganisms. Proposal for a Council Directive on the deliberate release to the environment of genetically modified organisms. COM (88) 160 final, 4 May 1988
... - 3 - Whereas that notification should contain a technical dossier of information including a full risk assessment, appropriate safety and emergency response, and in the case of products[r] ...
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European Political Groups on Genetically Modified Organisms: Strong statements, weak programmes?
... Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) are a controversial topic in ...in use since the early ...embraces genetically modified crops, they enjoy a very low popularity in Europe ...
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Genetically Modified Organisms in United States Agriculture: Mandate for Food Labeling
... GMO use, the introduction of pesticide-resistant GMO crops has resulted in a dramatic increase in the applica- tion of ...other organisms, further increasing costs, and to increase can- cer rates in humans ...
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Aflatoxin and Genetically Modified Organisms Analysis in Turkish Corn
... There have been many important developments in recent years in Turkey, and these developments lead to con- siderable progress in growing aflatoxin-free and non-GMO corn. Use of non-GMO corn in food and feed pro- ...
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Genetically modified organisms in agriculture: social and economic implications
... Regulators initially appear to have treated GM crops as ‘merely novel’. The first application to the European Union for the commercial production of GM crops was acknowledged in February 1994 (Carr and Levidow, 2000: ...
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Contamination of Farms by Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs): Options for Compensation
... 4.3 Farming beyond glyphosate: A future where chemical and pesticide companies rule agriculture is a dystopia that only a multinational without conscience could love. Designing a crop that is glyphosate-dependent, such ...
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Research into genetically modified organisms in New Zealand: an examination of a sociotechnical controversy
... There are four main types of approval under which a GMO can exist in New Zealand (see HSNO Act, 1996, section 27). The first two apply to research conducted within a containment facility, where the risk of GM mate- rial ...
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Is There a Need for ‘Overkill’ in Required Studies for Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms?
... pesticide use; this translates into savings amounting to AUD400-700/ha in pesticide cost as well as significantly reducing the drastic harm caused by the previous practice of spraying pesticide as much as 8-10 ...
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Reliability of PCR based screening for identification and quantification of GMOs
... with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is regulated namely in ...often use polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based screening methods to monitor the presence of GM particles in food ...
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Rat feeding studies with genetically modified maize - a comparative evaluation of applied methods and risk assessment standards
... GM organisms, cannot be a priori-deducted from ex- perience with existing ...GM organisms since ...of genetically modified organisms clearly states as a ‘General Principle’ for ...
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AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF LATVIAN CONSUMER’S ATTITUDES AND PERCEPTIONS TOWARDS GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS
... The results of the study performed by Christoph et. al. (2008) in Germany revealed that consumers’ attitude towards use of GMO in areas other than the food production is much more favourable than the use of ...
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A framework for a European network for a systematic environmental impact assessment of genetically modified organisms (GMO)
... 1 ZALF, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, Institute of Land Use Systems, Eberswalder Str. 84, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany 2 ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH; Böttgerstr. 2-14; 65439 Flörsheim a.M., Germany ...
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Social Media Discourse and Genetically Modified Organisms
... Social media became a platform popular for Gen- eration X (Gen X): those born between 1965 and 1984 (Kaplan & Haenlein, 2010). Although Gen-Xers began the social media movement, forms such as Twitter have been ...
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A New Age of Evolution: Protecting the Consumer’s Moral and Legal Right to Know through the Clear and Transparent Labeling of All Genetically Modified Foods
... contain genetically modified organisms. The heavy use of pesticides associated with genetically modified organisms can have effects on multiple areas of the environment, ...
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Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) as Invasive Species
... frames genetically modified organisms (GMOs) as invasive ...existing organisms, while simultaneously they are ‘different’ and so open to ...novel organisms which are non-native to the ...
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Evidence of the Presence of Genetically Modified Foods in the Sudano Sahelian Zones of Cameroon
... the use of these foods remain unknown at ...of genetically modified crops in the field in soudano-sahelian zone of ...concerning genetically modified organisms in the su- ...
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Amended proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 90/219/EEC on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms. COM (97) 240 final, 12 June 1997
... the contained use of genetically modified rriicro~organisms ·· .pre~ented by the Com!llission pursuant to Article 189a pa,ragraph 2 ofthe EC Treaty COMMISSION PROPOSAL AMENDED·PROPOSAL R[r] ...
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Regulation of Genetically Modified Food Use in the Russian Federation
... of genetically-engineered-modified organisms intended for release into the environment as well as products derived from the use of such organisms or containing such organisms” ...
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Re-examined proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 90/219/EEC on the contained used of genetically modified micro-organisms. COM (98) 479 final, 29 July 1998
... Re-examined Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive 90/219/EEC on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms presented by the Commission pursuant to' Article 1[r] ...
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