BREAKING: TRUMP PUSHES GMOS IN EXECUTIVE ORDER
President Trump has just
signed a new Executive Order, this time specifically on
agriculture, directing the Secretary of Agriculture to
undertake a 180-day review to “identify and eliminate" what
Trump says are "unnecessary regulations”. The Presidential
Order also creates a new task force to recommend eliminating
food and agriculture legislation, policies, and regulations
that might hinder the profit-making of “agribusiness.”
The details are slim. We know that regulations regarding the
oversight, production, and export of GE crops are high on
the list. The
Executive Order also seems to push for faster and/or easier
approvals for pesticides and biotech crops, pushing biotech
crops abroad to ease export market access ...
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