Quote by Jeremy Rifkin
The position I took at the time was that we hadnt really examined

The position I took at the time was that we hadnt really examined any of the potential environmental consequences of introducing genetically modified organisms. – Jeremy Rifkin

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The public should know that the liability issues here have yet to be resolved, or even raised. If youre a farmer and youre growing a genetically engineering food crop, those genes are going to flow to the other farm. – Jeremy Rifkin

Category:
Food
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Whats different here is that we have now technologies that allow these life science companies to bypass classical breeding. Thats what makes it both powerful and exciting. – Jeremy Rifkin

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Science
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In this country, the health concerns and the environmental concerns are as deep as in Europe. All the surveys show that. But here, we didnt have the cultural dimension. This is a fast-food culture. – Jeremy Rifkin

Category:
environmental
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environmental
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If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more land for food than we have now. – James Lovelock

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environmental

Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing us. – Bill Nye

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environmental

By adopting the control strategy, the nations environmental program has created a built-in antagonism between environmental quality and economic growth. – Barry Commoner

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environmental

In a finite world this means that the per capita share of the worlds goods must steadily decrease. – Garrett Hardin

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environmental

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