Mexico Ignores Science Question In response to U.S. Agricultural Trade Ambassador Doug McKalip’s throwing down the gauntlet and demanding by today the scientific basis for Mexico’s GMO corn ban, AMLO equivocated. His government announced that the deadline had been moved and that GMO corn for feed will be allowed, but GMO corn for food like flour, dough and tortilla’s will be banned along with glyphosate. GMO corn can be used for industrial products like cosmetics, textiles and paper. This does not respond to the science question. Moreover, it opens a whole new set of questions. What about GMO corn used in starch or pharmaceuticals? And how will inevitably cheaper GMO corn for feed be kept out of food? But the more...
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Illuminating the value of technical research
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