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We would like to emphasise once again that we are totally opposed to any attempt to legalise the use of genetically modified organisms. We believe that sowing seed should be completely clean and free from any trace of GMOs.
We would point out that proposals such as those contained in the report, setting upper limits for the permissible contamination of sowing seed, pave the way for the gradual and complete legalisation of GMOs, with unforeseeable consequences for agriculture, the balance of the ecosystem and consumers' health. If we accept an upper limit for contamination today, even a low limit, tomorrow we shall be forced to revise it upwards, leading us into a vicious circle of adjustments that will ultimately result in the full release of GMOs. Any deviation from the principle that sowing seed which contains GMOs must not be marketed will result, apart from anything else, in the genetic erosion of non-genetically modified species and varieties, with unforeseeable repercussions for biodiversity.
Proposals such as these respond solely to the demands of biotechnology companies, mainly American multinationals, and the intense pressure they exert in the aim of securing markets and profits by increasing farmers' dependency on seed for which they have sole production and selling rights and the agrochemicals that go with them."@en1
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