Wouldn’t we be protected by liability if anything went wrong with a GMO?
One of the reasons there is so little trust in the industry assertions that genetic engineering is absolutely safe, is that the biotech companies have lobbied hard against liability provisions when countries around the world have tried to introduce it. If the industry is so sure that these products are safe, then why are they not happy to take full liability if anything goes wrong? There is case after case of this kind of double standard by the industry. For example, when it comes to the safety testing or labelling of genetically engineered food, the biotech companies say that genetically engineered food is the same as food produces by any other breeding method. Yet when it comes to patenting, biotech companies say that GMO’s are unique, they’re different, and that’s why they have the right to patent them as their own inventions.
One of the reasons there is so little trust in the industry assertions that genetic engineering is absolutely safe, is that the biotech companies have lobbied hard against liability provisions when countries around the world have tried to introduce it. If the industry is so sure that these products are safe, then why are they not happy to take full liability if anything goes wrong? There is case after case of this kind of double standard by the industry. For example, when it comes to the safety testing or labelling of genetically engineered food, the biotech companies say that genetically engineered food is the same as food produces by any other breeding method. Yet when it comes to patenting, biotech companies say that GMO’s are unique, they’re different, and that’s why they have the right to patent them as their own inventions. Quote by the world’s second largest reinsurance company, Swiss Re: “For the insurance industry, genetic engineering is potentially one of the most exposed tec
