Lawmakers on the European Parliament’s environment committee are support a proposition to unwind guidelines on genetically customized plants produced utilizing so-called brand-new genomic methods
BySAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press
January 24, 2024, 10: 08 AM
FILE – In this Oct. 5, 2012, file picture. items identified with Non Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) are offered at the Lassens Natural Foods & Vitamins shop in Los Feliz district of Los Angeles. Lawmakers in the European Parliament’s environment committee are support propositions to unwind guidelines on genetically customized plants produced utilizing so-called brand-new genomic methods (NGTs). The Committee embraced its position on a European Commission proposition with 47 votes to 31 and 4 abstentions on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024 triggering strong criticism from ecological groups. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
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BRUSSELS — Lawmakers on the European Parliament’s environment committee on Wednesday backed a proposition to unwind guidelines on genetically customized plants produced utilizing so-called brand-new genomic strategies, triggering strong criticism from ecological groups.
The concern of genetically customized organisms divided the European Union for a generation before the bloc embraced legislation in 2001.
The Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety embraced its position on a European Commission proposition to unwind those guidelines with 47 votes to 31 with 4 abstentions.
The European Parliament is now anticipated to vote on the proposed law throughout its Feb. 5-8 plenary session before it can start settlements with EU member nations, which stay divided on the problem.
Earlier this month, 37 Nobel reward winners and other researchers prompted EU legislators to assistance brand-new genomic strategies, or NGTs, and “reject the darkness of anti-science fearmongering.”
The existing legislation provides ecologists the