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Biodiversity treaty called disastrous
Email: Ted Agres - tedagres@lycos.com News from The Scientist 2003, 4(1):20030910-03
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The first legally binding international agreement governing the shipment of genetically modified organisms (GMO) across borders goes into effect tomorrow (September11). The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety requires that the governments of signatory nations be notified when living GMOs, such as crop plants, are going to be brought into the country with the intention of introducing them into the environment.
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