Why is gene editing so controversial in food and farming?

Why is gene editing so controversial in food and farming?

Jessica Davis Plüss | Swiss Info | 
Advocates of genome editing, including big seed companies, say the technology is simply speeding up what already happens in nature ...
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Swiss parliament backs extension of GMO crop ban to 2021

Swiss Info | 
The Swiss parliament has approved a plan to extend the current moratorium on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in agriculture from ...
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Value of vigilant teeth brushing may be muted by genetic factors

Swiss Info | 
Why do some thorough tooth-brushers develop tooth decay while other people who take a more relaxed attitude to dental hygiene ...

Swiss parliament: No scientific justification for glyphosate ban

Swiss Info | 
The House of Representatives has rejected a petition from various organisations such as Greenpeace and the Consumers’ Association for French-speaking ...
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Switzerland bans GMO crops, but funds transgenic crop development in India

Anand Chandrasekhar | Swiss Info | 
Despite a current ban on genetically modified crops in agriculture in Switzerland, taxpayer money is being used to develop transgenic ...

Switzerland extends ban on GMO cultivation until 2021

Anand Chandrasekhar | Swiss Info | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. On [June 29], the ...
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Organic food gets less ‘green’ as market goes global

Peter Siegenthaler | Swiss Info | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Soybeans from India, coconut ...

Farmers say Switzerland is not ready for GM crops

Luigi Jorio | Swiss Info | 
The farming community in Switzerland is not opposed in principle to genetically modified (GM) plants. But growing GM plants is ...
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No danger? GM plants represent low risk, say Swiss scientists

Swiss Info | 
Genetically modified (GM) plants present little danger for the environment or people’s health, according to Swiss researchers. Also, while they ...
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Genetic screening of embryos to be allowed

Swiss Info | 
The Swiss government has agreed that embryos created via in vitro fertilisation (IVF) can, under strict conditions, be screened for ...
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