Posted February 20, 2015
On the heels of the USDA deregulation of the Arctic® apple – the first GM apple – leading consumer, food safety and environmental groups issued a response to widespread media reports wrongly characterizing the science on GMOs as settled. Scientist representatives of groups including Consumers Union, Center for Food Safety, Friends of the Earth and Pesticide Action Network are among over 300 scientists who signed the statement, “No consensus on GMO safety”, which has recently been published in a peer-reviewed journal. Read more.