Academic and Science Community Applauds WTO GMO Ruling

"This decision affects not only Argentina, Canada and the United States, who prevailed in this complaint, but the future of agricultural biotechnology for all countries," said Professor C.S. Prakash, president of the AgBioWorld Foundation. "This favorable ruling gives European farmers the option to use safe, approved and proven tools to grow food crops, and gives consumers the right to choose those foods in grocery stores." Over 3,400 scientists, including 25 Nobel Laureates have signed a declaration of support for agricultural biotechnology sponsored by the AgBioWorld Foundation. The Foundation hopes that WTO panel decision will be an important step towards replacing special interest politics with sound science and responsible regulatory and market practices wdhich will benefit consumers in Europe and throughout the globe. Whole article: "www.agbioworld.org":[ http://www.agbioworld.org/biotech-info/pr/wtoruling.html]

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