More than 40 NGOs wrote to the European Commission on Thursday 23 May asking it to refrain from authorising controversial new GMOs in the EU and to lay the groundwork now for a future GMO policy that gives priority to the protection of public health and the environment.
These NGOs fear that before handing over to the next Commission, the institution will authorise a dozen GMOs that have been the subject of a favourable opinion from EFSA, even though not all potentially harmful effects on...