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No risk from GM crops, says French Academy of Sciences (Thursday, Dec. 12, 2002 -- CropChoice news) --
Agence France Presse, via Agnet:
PARIS - France's Academy of Medicine was cited as calling for European
countries to end their moratorium on genetically-modified (GM) crops on
Wednesday, saying it saw no evidence that these plants were a danger to
health.
The academy was cited as saying in a report that GM crops and their
derivatives had been grown and eaten for around a decade, especially in the
United States, and "no particular health problem has been detected" and that
GM food could be a boon for countries with fast-growing populations and
marginal or shrinking farmland, adding that, "GM use has been a generally
positive experience."
The moratorium should be lifted, the report said, adding however the caveat
that it was still essential to set up "permanent systems for evaluation and
biovigilance."
The story adds that the French Academy of Sciences is to issue a report on
GM safety on Friday. | |
