Just weeks after the Philippine government fully embraced the global scientific consensus and endorsed the safety of Golden Rice, Greenpeace Philippines is again trying to derail what now appears inevitable: The Philippines is set to become the first country to grow and make available to the public nutritionally-enhanced GMO Golden Rice.
Greenpeace has called on the government to revoke its December decision that puts approval on a fast track. After nearly two decades of trying to derail the humanitarian project, including illegally destroying test crops and mounting a global disinformation campaign, the environmental group is now resorting to technical objections. It’s arguing that the Philippine government erred in not following the ‘precautionary principle’, a controversial regulatory concept that considers all the potential hazards of a decision or policy but ignores any potential benefits, and so prevents cost-benefit analysis.........To Read More......
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