European Union vs GMOs: a decision for the future

Authors

  • Fernando de la Torre Spain
  • Rafael A Cañas Spain

Keywords:

European Union, GMOs

Abstract

We Europeans have historically been very prone to pride ourselves on a millennial history that has been articulated as a melting pot of different cultures that have combined in one way or another to result in what we are today. From a purely biological point of view, we can see how all this mix of cultures has been accompanied from the beginning by a mix of human populations from points as diverse as the Mediterranean basin, the Urals, Scandinavia and more recently Africa, America or the Far East. This mix, which is of genes, gives rise to our Europe, a genetically modified continent (GMC). It is therefore somewhat paradoxical that the current Europe, administratively represented by the European Union (EU), is one of the most active opponents to the cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) of plant nature.

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Más información: Panel de expertos en organismos modificados genéticamente de la Agencia Europea de Seguridad Alimentaria http:// www.efsa.europa.eu/en/panels/gmo.htm

Published

2014-10-21

How to Cite

de la Torre, F., & Cañas , R. A. (2014). European Union vs GMOs: a decision for the future. Encuentros En La Biología, 7(151), 184–185. Retrieved from https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/enbio/article/view/18135

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