Agricultural Biotechnology: Background and Recent Issues
Description:
Since the first genetically engineered (GE) crops (also called GM [genetically modified] crops, or GMOs, genetically modified organisms) became commercially available in the mid-1990s, U.S. soybean, cotton, and corn farmers have rapidly adopted them. As adoption has spread, there have been policy debates over the costs
and benefits of GE products. Issues include the impacts of GE crops on the environment and food safety, and whether GE foods should be specially labeled. Congress generally has b…
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Date:
September 5, 2006
Creator:
Becker, Geoffrey S. & Cowan, Tadlock
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department