No matter that Glover has faithfully and accurately represented the strong scientific consensus on the safety of GMOs — that, in the words of a commission report, are «no more risky than
conventional plant breeding technologies».
Britain risks losing its considerable lead in
the plant breeding technology of the future unless it increases its spending, according to plant geneticists.
The main conclusion to be drawn from the efforts of more than 130 research projects, covering a period of more than 25 years of research, and involving more than 500 independent research groups, is that biotechnology, and in particular GMOs, are not per se more risky than... conventional
plant breeding technologies.