A rising tide of GMO constraints

OXFORD - European lawmakers have passed on to the European Parliament a raft of proposals to amend the directive governing the deliberate release of genetically modified organisms, 90/220/EEC. Industrialists contacted by BioCentury did not find the package encouraging.

MEPs on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection voted 16-0 with 11 abstentions to adopt a report drafted by the British socialist MEP David Bowe...