>> 1. Monsanto is actually saying that there are serious risks in GE
>> foods
>> and that they have rushed too fast to get to market.
>
>Not totally accurate. My reading of it suggests that Monsanto is saying
>that there could be unforeseen risks, not that there is serious risk.
They were the first to market with Terminator (P) seeds and the first out of
the market due to the havoc and destruction this technology caused in India,
for instance. There are saying (in the title) that the rush to market
resulted in some hazards (not risks) being disastrous to some people.
>
>To support this here is a quote from the press release:
>
>"Had there been a slower introduction of this technology, with more
>commitment to the Precautionary Principle, which suggests a pace moderate
>enough to measure unforeseen effects and to measure carefully enough to
>detect those effects before they do harm, there would have been far better
>public acceptance."
So this supports Precaution.
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