Tony Blair, The Debate About Gm Food
by This week I want to idolize British Prime Minister Tony Blair, because of remarks he made last week on genetically modified food.
Addressing a group of scientists last week, Blair suggested that opponents of genetically modified organisms are not "rational" when debating this issue.
"Government must show leadership and courage in defending science and rejecting an irrational public debate about food [GM]," said Blair, referring to "those who misrepresent facts to oppose developments that genetically modified food. "
Blair, expected, got the luck of these observations. Some have challenged one another if he openly criticized Prince Charles, who was openly opposed to genetically modified [I declare that Prince Charles was wrong to use the privileges of the British Crown to claim that can not be scientifically proven GM foods].
Tony Blair, the debate about GM food
This week I want to idolize British Prime Minister Tony Blair, because of remarks he made last week on genetically modified food.
Addressing a group of scientists last week, Blair suggested that opponents of genetically modified organisms are not “rational” when debating this issue.
“Government must show leadership and courage in defending science and rejecting an irrational public debate about food [GM],” said Blair, referring to “those who misrepresent facts to oppose developments that genetically modified food. “
Blair, expected, got the luck of these observations. Some have challenged one another if he openly criticized Prince Charles, who was openly opposed to genetically modified [I declare that Prince Charles was wrong to use the privileges of the British Crown to claim that can not be scientifically proven GM foods].
Others suggest it was time to pay the multinational biotechnology, millions of dollars in donations to the Labour Party.
I found this very funny because instead of taking the real problems, critics of Blair decided to stop on secondary issues. This, of course, has been characterized by debate over genetically modified foods.
Opponents of genetically modified foods do not dare to attack the science behind genetically modified foods because they need to demonstrate against him. On the other hand, is on marginal issues in order to mislead the public.
Blair is right to encourage the public to “discuss the technological innovations in a more scientific knowledge.” Those who really care about food security should support and not criticize. Mr Blair, of course, also means for the world.
How the world to determine the safety of genetically modified foods than subjecting them to laboratory research to fund? It is the premise of the argument for Blair.
Genetically modified foods have been subjected to rigorous scrutiny by various scientific bodies. The Royal Society of Sciences has published numerous reports indicating that GM food can be beneficial to humans and the environment.
Several UN bodies, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has also published similar reports.
Perhaps Mr Blair should use his political influence to persuade other European countries to change their attitude towards genetically modified food. Currently, Europe’s most draconian laws and restrictive GM food. These laws are not informed by science, but populist sentiments.
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