GeneWatch UK, Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development, et al.
Written Statement
GeneWatch UK and the Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development were joined by 13 other nongovernmental organizations in filing an amicus curiae submission in support of the EC’s temporary moratorium on new approvals for GMOs. The following is excerpted from the group’s May 27, 2004, submission to the WTO panel considering the case.The issues surrounding genetically modified crops and food have been intensely controversial across the world. Yet the risks from GM crops and food are serious, likely to be irreversible, and have health, environmental, social, cultural, and ethical dimensions — all of which may be legitimately protected under…
