GEO Watch | Letter from America to UK and EU
Moderator’s Note: A group of individuals and organizations representing more than 56 million U.S. citizens and residents have signed a “ Letter from America ” addressed to the citizens, elected officials, and regulators of the UK and the rest of the EU about the ecological and health hazards and social and economic threats posed by genetically modified crops. The letter is a timely document because politicians and regulators in the UK and the rest of Europe are currently deciding on the future of policies and laws affecting the regulation of GMOs. European countries have banned commercial plantings of GMOs for decades but the pressure from biotechnology lobbyists and trade negotiations like the TAFTA ( Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement ) and TTIP ( Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership ), have reopened the policy and legal debate around the importation and sale of GMO crops. The organizers of the Letter from America define the non-GMO struggle as “an urgent international iss...