科学啪嗒啪嗒地响——为什么反对基因工程?

科学啪嗒啪嗒地响——Maywa黑山,种子,2009年6月18日,http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/scientific_flip-flop/的五个专家争论的根源通用反对,大型农业综合企业的作用,以及我们是否实现了真正的科学共识。“为什么反对基因工程?我们小组回应:*帕梅拉·罗纳德·植物遗传学家* Raj Patel,作家兼活动家* Nina Fedoroff美国国务卿科技顾问汤姆·菲尔波特*美食作家,农民,和库克*诺尔金斯伯里,园艺师和作家1998年4月22日,欧盟违反了几十年的坚定反对转基因作物在绿光资本的培养“Mon 810,“孟山都公司的抗虫玉米生产。但尽管Mon810官方批准根据欧盟法律,几个国家法国、奥地利、希腊、匈牙利和卢森堡已经实施了国家禁止GE作物。最近添加到这个列表是德国,禁止玉米今年4月,就在今年的种子播种。德国联邦农业部长艾格纳,承认各种联邦环境机构未能达成协议Mon810的环境风险,但说她鼓励卢森堡的例子,而暂停March.2年末在欧洲层面,科学评估发现风险Mon810对环境是非常小的。也许这是意料之中的,因为研究研究后得出结论,hazards-both对人类和生态系统濒于没有与GE作物比常规种植的。然而在欧洲,公共舆论似乎把越来越多的反对GE作物。不愿透露姓名的,一个源告诉EUbusiness,如果人被问及Mon810,“会有被拒绝。”"The spirit has changed," the source added. "The legislation in a way is operating like an automatic pilot and we have to put some direction in it." Most Europeans don't consider themselves to be anti-science or particularly technophobic. In fact, Europe's full embrace of the scientific consensus on another environmental issue, global warming, has enabled the continent to take the clear lead on climate change, with the most ambitious emissions targets, the first carbon trading market, and the greenest urban infrastructure plans on the planet. Europe's scientific disconnect is more broadly true of eco-minded citizens worldwide: They laud the likes of James Hansen and Rajendra Pachauri but shrink in horror at the scientist who offers up a Bt corn plant (even though numerous studies indicate that Bt crops-by dramatically curbing pesticide use-conserve biodiversity on farms and reduce chemical-related sickness among farmers). So why the disconnect? Why do many environmentalists trust science when it comes to climate change but not when it comes to genetic engineering? Is the fear really about the technology itself or is it a mistrust of big agribusiness?