23.6.03
Bush the scientist condemns Europeans over GM food
Bush has condemned Europeans for refusing to accept bio-engineered foods and said that the policy was contributing to famine in Africa.
Not surprisingly, Bush didn't really go into how Europeans not eating GM corn is causing people in Africa to starve, except to say that African countries were not investing in bio-technology because they were afraid that the Europeans would then shut their crops out of the market, too.
Not surpsingly, Bush did not explain why a country with a starving population would be exporting large amounts of crops to Europeans, who are generally well-fed.
Bush might be more convincing if he came up with those bio-weapons, before training his sights on bio-crops.
Bush has condemned Europeans for refusing to accept bio-engineered foods and said that the policy was contributing to famine in Africa.
"For the sake of a continent threatened by famine, I urge the European governments to end their opposition to biotechnology. We should encourage the spread of safe, effective biotechnology to win the fight against global hunger," Bush said.And to win the fight against that $300 million being lost per year by American farmers because the Europeans don't want GM foods.
Not surprisingly, Bush didn't really go into how Europeans not eating GM corn is causing people in Africa to starve, except to say that African countries were not investing in bio-technology because they were afraid that the Europeans would then shut their crops out of the market, too.
Not surpsingly, Bush did not explain why a country with a starving population would be exporting large amounts of crops to Europeans, who are generally well-fed.
Bush might be more convincing if he came up with those bio-weapons, before training his sights on bio-crops.
