The scientific discussion about the recent EU Regulation on New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) is far from over. While the Slovak government considers taking legal action against it at the Court of Justice of the EU, the Slovak Academy of Science has published a statement supporting the NGT Regulation. The European Network of Scientists for Social … Read more
The Slovak Academy of Science (SAS), in its statement supporting the new NGT Regulation of the European Union (EU), ascribes a series of benefits to New Genomic Techniques (NGTs), but does not provide any scientific evidence to support this. Furthermore, the SAS ignores the substantial risks of these techniques that have been reported in the … Read more
ENSSER regards this current Commission initiative as ill-advised and scientifically ill-founded. The IAA provides no clarity as to what is planned or how to achieve it. It however states what the Commission does not want, namely to regulate GM plants (and foods) derived by genome editing or cisgenesis as GMOs. It does so on grounds … Read more