These new genetically engineered food crops are the first wave of a generation of 'Brave New World' foods that are going to have serious health and environmental repercussions,
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The fact is, we know that with traditional foods, 8 percent of children and 2 percent of adults have allergenic reaction to traditional foods.Jeremy Rifkin
The industry's not stupid. The industry knows that if those foods are labeled "genetically engineered," the public will shy away and won't take them.
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When you introduce a genetically modified organism into the environment, it's not like introducing a chemical product, or even a nuclear product.
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It should be a tipping point, I hope this is a tipping point,
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A refuge is supposed to prevent what? The genes from flowing out of sight? This refuge idea won't stop insects from moving across boundaries. That's absurd.
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So my attorneys brought litigation in the U.S. federal courts. The judge ruled in our favor.
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