This is the American position. “If you can’t prove it’s bad now, it should be legal immediately”.
Europe food regulation runs on the precautionary principle. You have to prove it’s safe first.
Turns out most GMOs were fine but they actually allowed for a huge increase in the use of Roundup.
Roundup is wildly aggressive pesticide and a lot of GMOs were called “Roundup ready” crops, so they could absorb (in theory!) huge amounts of Roundup without being affected.
But the huge increase in the use of Roundup in America might be behind (according to some) the increase in neurocognitive disease.
Europe food regulation runs on the precautionary principle. You have to prove it’s safe first.
Turns out most GMOs were fine but they actually allowed for a huge increase in the use of Roundup.
Roundup is wildly aggressive pesticide and a lot of GMOs were called “Roundup ready” crops, so they could absorb (in theory!) huge amounts of Roundup without being affected.
But the huge increase in the use of Roundup in America might be behind (according to some) the increase in neurocognitive disease.
In the US this was never a thought.