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Consumer pressure and scientific concerns have largely kept GM foods and crops 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 GM foods and crops 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 European markets were largely closed to 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 | + | Once it became clear that European markets were largely closed to 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 on Spinprofiles—your guide to networks of power, lobbying and deceptive PR around the issue of genetically modified (GM) crops and food. Spinprofiles has a policy of strict referencing and is overseen by a Managing editor and a Sysop and several associate portal editors. The editors of the GMWatch portal are Claire Robinson and Jonathan Matthews. |
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