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WASHINGTON, July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Riders inserted into the House version of the Farm Bill on behalf of the chemical companies that make GE crops pose a significant threat to the nation's system of food safety evaluation. The move counters recent progress made by Just Label It, the national coalition for genetically engineered (GE) food labeling, and other GE food labeling supporters, including the unprecedented announcement that USDA and EPA would jointly evaluate 2,4-D corn and other GE crops, resulting in a wider view of the overall impacts.
"Americans want our federal agencies to do a thorough job of evaluating GE crops and GE foods, before they are introduced into the marketplace, into our stores, and into our homes," said Gary Hirshberg, Chairman and a founding Partner of JLI, and Chairman and Co-Founder of Stonyfield. "Rushing the approval of GE crops before they can be fully evaluated endangers our families."
The riders attached to the House Farm Bill included provisions that would outlaw any review of GE crops' impacts under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Endangered Species Act (ESA), or any other environmental law, or by any other agency other than USDA. For example, harm to protected species could occur without any input from our expert wildlife agencies.
The new provisions would also prohibit other agencies from offering expert input in the review process, and instead limit review to solely USDA under the Plant Protection Act (PPA). In effect, this would likely eliminate any meaningful review. In addition, the riders would force the backdoor approval of GE crops, even if USDA has not reviewed and approved them. Unreasonably short deadlines, if not met by the agency, would default to immediate approval and commercialization.
Further results include the development of a dangerous national policy allowing transgenic con
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