Along with gardening come plant pests and certain risks for pets. (spotmagazine.net)
Meanwhile, APHIS is mulling draft regulations — still in early stages of public comment — under which the presence of plant pest DNA alone would no longer trigger oversight. (sciencemag.org)
The grass can evade control because the regulations for GM plants derive from the Federal Plant Pest Act, a decades - old law intended to safeguard against plant pathogens from overseas. (scientificamerican.com)