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Consumer pressure and scientific concerns have largely kept the GM foods and crops that are meant for humans out of Europe, although millions of tons of GMOs enter Europe each year in the form of GM animal feed. Unlike GM foods meant for humans, these "stealth GMOs" do not have to be labelled and remain hidden from consumers (see [[Genetically Modified (GM) Foods - Renewed Threat to Europe]]). | Consumer pressure and scientific concerns have largely kept the GM foods and crops that are meant for humans out of Europe, although millions of tons of GMOs enter Europe each year in the form of GM animal feed. Unlike GM foods meant for humans, these "stealth GMOs" do not have to be labelled and remain hidden from consumers (see [[Genetically Modified (GM) Foods - Renewed Threat to Europe]]). | ||
| − | Once it became clear that Europe was largely closed to the growing of GM crops, the industry and its supporters targeted developing-country markets, which had been given an unexpected commercial importance. This meant developing-country lobbyists became key symbolic players in debates about GM crops, and in assisting the branding of the technology – see [ | + | Once it became clear that Europe was largely closed to the growing of GM crops, the industry and its supporters targeted developing-country markets, which had been given an unexpected commercial importance. This meant developing-country lobbyists became key symbolic players in debates about GM crops, and in assisting the branding of the technology – see [http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Category:Third_World_Lobbyists_(GM) Third World Lobbyists (GM)]. |
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Welcome to the GMWatch Portal (incorporating Lobbywatch) on SpinProfiles—providing an A-Z list of articles on the people and groups behind the push for GM crops and food. The editors of the GMWatch portal are Claire Robinson (claire.robinson AT spinprofiles.org) and Jonathan Matthews. Please read General Disclaimer |
Comments on GMWatch/LobbyWatch "If you want to know how the world works, this is the place to start. I cannot think of a more necessary set of facts than these. LobbyWatch permits us to peer into the crucible of politics, to see how public perceptions and government policies are smelted and forged by corporations and their front organisations." – Journalist, broadcaster and author George Monbiot |
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