This decades long fight against genetically modified crops is medieval and irrational! In so far, Greenpeace and similar associations are a bunch of charlatans!
The often invoked so called precautionary principle is an ideological cudgel! We would be still living in caves had this principle been followed much earlier!
"But in 2021, the government of the Philippines granted a permit allowing the commercial planting of Malusog Rice, a Golden Rice variety tailored for local conditions and tastes. Farmers began to grow limited amounts of the grain in 2022. Officials hoped to have the variety comprise 10% of the nation’s rice harvest within 8 years, enough to meet the needs of all vitamin A deficient households.
On 17 April, however, a Philippine Court of Appeals revoked the permit, bringing that plan to a halt. Ruling on a lawsuit brought by Greenpeace and other groups, the court concluded that in the absence of a scientific consensus on the safety of Golden Rice it should not be commercially cultivated. The nation’s constitution, the judges found, required the government to follow the so-called precautionary principle of waiting to approve new crops and activities until scientists reach a consensus that they are safe for humans and the environment. ..."
"Golden Rice: Going Back to the Drawing Board
For decades, scientists have been working on a genetically modified rice variety—dubbed “Golden Rice”— that helps combat vitamin A deficiency. And for almost as long, activists opposed to GM crops have worked to keep it out of the food supply.
Now a ruling by a Philippines court could have wider implications for genetically engineered rice and other other crops. ..."
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