Bush beats around biotech. (Africa).On May 21, 2003, President George Bush informally charged all of Europe with proliferating famine in Africa by blocking the import into Europe of genetically modified genetically modified 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 from the United States. The US government says it plans to sue the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community unless the EU immediately opens its market to millions of dollars' worth of genetically modified products. "They have blocked all new biocrops [sic] because of unfounded, unscientific unscientific Unproven, see there fears," Bush said in a commencement address to the Coast Guard Academy this spring. "This has caused many African nations to avoid investing in biotechnologies for fear that their products will be shut out of European markets." Opposition groups, along with what appears to be the majority of Europe, question the unknown dangers to human health and the potential damage to the environment from genetically modified organisms ge·net·i·cal·ly modified organism n. Abbr. GMO An organism whose genetic characteristics have been altered by the insertion of a modified gene or a gene from another organism using the techniques of genetic engineering. . --Reuters, May 21, 2003 |
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