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Article: Europeans remain reluctant to accept genetically modified foods
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- St. Joseph News-Press
- Article date:
- July 21, 2003
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WASHINGTON - Missourians look at genetically modified crops and
see possibilities.
U.S. Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., a farmer before he became a
congressman, remembers learning about the new technology for the
first time.
"I was in awe about the stuff that was on the horizon," Mr. Graves
said. "I'm still that way."
But where Missouri farmers see opportunity, Europeans see risk.
Europe hasn't allowed the cultivation or import of genetically
engineered crops since 1998, and American critics accuse Europeans of
leading a campaign to discredit the technology.
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