Risks of GMOs

Abstract

October 2nd, 2015: A landslide victory for the Environmental groups and the anti-GM brigade. More than half the 28 countries in the European Union, including France and Germany, voted to forbid farmers from growing genetically modified crops. Italy, Austria, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland also joined the exodus. Other regions within member states, including Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, along with Wallonia, the French-speaking region of southern Belgium, also followed suit. For years there has been a de facto ban on growing GM crops in many of the countries that opted out. Some say, on a practical level, the latest decisions will have little impact on the lives of farmers on, while others say it's a moral victory, a step in a new, healthier direction. Early in 2015, Chipotle, the healthconscious fast-food empire, was the first major restaurant chain to go GMO-free. After announcing the plan to remove genetically modified organisms from its menu, some asked if the decision was taken just to satisfy the demands of its young target audience. After all, young people love organic food, even if some don't really know what organic means.