06 Jul '14 11:57>7 edits
According to this link, there is now New European Union rules that could put a stop to Europe's idiotic holdout on GM and which “could, in theory, lead to widespread cultivation of GM foods” but I am not so sure of this at all.
The link says:
“...EU environment ministers last month approved new rules that would permit individual countries to make their own decisions on GM—allowing them to use "ethical" or "public order" rationales to ban crops even when scientific advisors have ruled that these strains are safe.
...”
In other words, even if perfectly rational science consistently says a GM crop is safe, irrational politicians that don't understand science, let alone GM, and don't know what the hell they are talking about are still allowed to both say GM is unsafe and ban it!
How totally stupid is that!
They allow stupidity to triumph over reason when all they SHOULD allow is just reason!
I am not impressed.
And, just as the link says, ;
"...In fact, GM is actually safer than most forms of breeding because we know exactly which properties are being implanted—it's much less random," ..."
The link says:
“...EU environment ministers last month approved new rules that would permit individual countries to make their own decisions on GM—allowing them to use "ethical" or "public order" rationales to ban crops even when scientific advisors have ruled that these strains are safe.
...”
In other words, even if perfectly rational science consistently says a GM crop is safe, irrational politicians that don't understand science, let alone GM, and don't know what the hell they are talking about are still allowed to both say GM is unsafe and ban it!
How totally stupid is that!
They allow stupidity to triumph over reason when all they SHOULD allow is just reason!
I am not impressed.
And, just as the link says, ;
"...In fact, GM is actually safer than most forms of breeding because we know exactly which properties are being implanted—it's much less random," ..."