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The Precautionary Principle: the basis of a post-GMO ethic
Read, Rupert
http://www.theecologist.org/essays/2987436/the_precautionary_principle_the_basis_of_a_postgmo_ethic.htmlDate Written: 2016-04-18 Publisher: Ecologist Year Published: 2016 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX19343 GMOs have been in our diets for about 20 years. Proof that they are safe? No way - it took much, much longer to discover the dangers of cigarettes and transfats, dangers that are far more visible than those of GMOs. On the scale of nature and ecology, 20 years is a pitifully short time. To sustain our human future, we have to think long term. |