Viewpoint: Gene editing poised to revolutionize agriculture—if we can fix biotech regulations
Story Date: 3/14/2018

 

Source: GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 3/13/18


In his speech at the recent American Farm Bureau convention, President Trump said his administration was "streamlining regulations that have blocked cutting-edge biotechnology.”Why is this necessary?  Paraphrasing New York Times columnist Paul Krugman’s words on economic policy, it's because we’re still living with “zombie” biotech regulatory policies that “should have been killed by the evidence … but keep shambling along nonetheless.” The time to end this “reign of error” is now.

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