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"The report amending the directive as regards the possibility for the Member States to restrict GMOs in their territory not only fails to guarantee any protection for public health and the environment from the serious repercussions of the spread of modified foods; in essence it legalises them. Any minor improvements made by the report to the European Commission’s initial proposal do not get to the heart of the problem, namely the fact that the Member States cannot ban the trade in modified organisms in their territory. Thus, it is impossible to afford any protection to workers, even in states which have banned GMO crops in their territory. It is no coincidence that, for the last 10 years, despite the provisions in this particular directive, the European Commission has not carried out a study into the impact of GMOs on health and the environment, even though a series of studies illustrating their disastrous consequences has been published.
The European Commission and the European Parliament are turning their backs, so as not to affect the profits of the three monopoly groups plundering the GMO market and promoting their uncontrolled spread. The only way to protect public health and the environment from the painful consequences of GMOs is to introduce a general and complete ban both on GM crops and on the trade in them."@en1
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