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"U.S. companies like Monsanto [6], which invested heavily in [genetically modified crops [7]], suffered huge losses when Europe balked. As part of a public relations effort, the U.S. State Department [8] enlisted a Vatican academy last month as a co-sponsor of a conference in Rome, 'Feeding a Hungry World: The Moral Imperative of Biotechnology [9].'" (This although a United Nations report found [10] "clear evidence that the problems of the poor are being neglected" by the biotech industry.) "In response to such pressure, the European Union [11] has relaxed legal restrictions on genetically modified foods." A Syngenta spokesperson said European consumers' rejection of GMOs is "not based on facts" but "is a political, cultural and media-driven decision."
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[1] http://dev.prwatch.org/users/6/diane-farsetta
[2] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/health/food-safety
[3] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/environment/genetic-engineering
[4] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/public-relations
[5] http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdev.prwatch.org%2Fspin%2F2004%2F10%2F2963%2Fplanting-seeds-acceptance-gmos&linkname=Planting%20Seeds%20of%20Acceptance%20for%20GMOs
[6] http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Monsanto
[7] http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Rising_Rhetoric_on_Genetically_Modified_Crops
[8] http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=State_Department
[9] http://vatican.usembassy.it/Policy/Events/biotech.asp
[10] http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/focus/2004/41655/index.html
[11] http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=European_Union
[12] http://www.iht.com/articles/542151.html