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The Biotech Industry Is Taking Over the Regulation of GMOs from the Inside
Latham, Jonathan
http://www.independentsciencenews.org/environment/the-biotech-industry-is-taking-over-the-regulation-of-gmos/Date Written: 2017-07-19 Publisher: Independent Science News Year Published: 2017 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX21138 When a comprehensive evaluation of GMOs and the weaknesses of scientific risk assessment within the biotech industry is urgently needed, the chemical and biotech industries are forcing risk assessment in the opposite direction. Abstract: -- Excerpt: The British non-profit GMWatch recently revealed the agribusiness takeover of Conabia, the National Advisory Committee on Agricultural Biotechnology of Argentina. Conabia is the GMO assessment body of Argentina. According to GMWatch, 26 of 34 its members were either agribusiness company employees or had major conflicts of interest*. Packing a regulatory agency with conflicted individuals is one way to ensure speedy GMO approvals and Conabia has certainly delivered that. A much more subtle, but ultimately more powerful, way is to bake approval into the structure of the GMO assessment process itself. It is easier than you might think. Subject Headings |