Biotech-crop laws were big in 2001. (Environment).Last year, 22 state legislatures A state legislature may refer to a legislative branch or body of a political subdivision in a federal system. The following legislatures exist in the following political subdivisions: Adjective (of an organism) having DNA which has been altered for the purpose of improvement or correction of defects genetically modified genetic adj [food etc] → crops. Although economically important, such crops are politically controversial--and targeted by some antibiotech activists--because they may pose risks to consumers and ecosystems. Lawmakers in 36 states introduced 130 pieces of legislation dealing with agricultural biotechnology, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a Jan. 10 report by the Pew PEW. A seat in a church separated from all others, with a convenient space to stand therein. 2. It is an incorporeal interest in the real property. And, although a man has the exclusive right to it, yet, it seems, he cannot maintain trespass against a person Initiative on Food and Biotechnology in Washington, D.C. Only about 50 such bills were introduced in 2000, estimates Pew Initiative Director Michael Rodemeyer. Some of the 2001 bills ban or regulate certain genetically modified crops or regulate the labeling of foods made from such crops. And to curb activists' excesses, 29 percent of the bills introduced--and 70 percent of those passed--establish penalties for willful destruction of such crops. |
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