NSW lifts moratorium on genetically modified crops

New South Wales ends 18-year moratorium on genetically modified crops.

A moratorium on genetically modified crops has been in place in NSW since 2003; although a 2008 exemption to the moratorium meant that GM canola, cotton and safflower could be grown on a commercial basis. According to Food Values Research Group convenor Prof Rachel Ankeny:

The evidence to date on GMs is that there aren’t significant or very widespread harms to health [...] People’s concerns seem to be really focused on things like: who’s going to make money off it, why is it being done at all, what are the other potential side effects, say for the environment … some have concerns about whether farmers are going to be left in the pocket of multinationals and forced to use certain seed supply.Prof Rachel Ankeny

Tasmania is the only remaining state with a moratorium on genetically modified crops.

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