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Old 04-15-2009
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Default Union of Concerned Scientists: GE crops don't work

UCS in a report on the failure of GE crops to achieve their lofty goals of feeding the world.
"A hard-nosed assessment of this expensive technology's achievements to date gives little confidence that it will play a major role in helping the world feed itself in the forseeable future," said the report by the Union of Concerned Scientists.

"Overall, corn and soybean yields have risen substantially over the last 15 years, but largely not as a result of the GE traits," the report said. "Most of the gains are due to traditional breeding or improvement of other agricultural practices."
If you ask me, GE crops to date have been modified fore for the profit of herbicide producers rather than increasing yields.

They don't work. Period.
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