EU Scientists Weep ... and the Activists Cheer
Today in the most recent reminder that governments are not to be trusted with scientific decisions, the Court of Justice of the European Union has decided handed down a ruling that they don't understand science. They have affirmed that gene edited crops are to be treated the same as transgenic crops. This means that they will never be approved for use in the EU. Friends of the Earth = Enemies of Progress Why does an organization that has a good record of standing up for many important environmental and social issues, make the tremendous mistake of fighting technology? However, crops featuring genetic innovations due to mutagenesis are just fine. In other words, treat plant materials with radiation or chemicals to break chromosomes, rearrange chunks of DNA or change thousands of sequences in unknown ways -- that's good! No testing, no environmental assessment, no labels. But if you make a single base change out of billions of bases, and you know what th