U.S., others sink biogenetics talks
CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) - Opposing an accord approved by more than 125
nations, the U.S. and five other countries scuttled efforts Wednesday to
forge an environmental protection treaty on trade in genetically modified
plants and animals. Washington said it was protecting the world's food
trade from potentially crippling regulatory burdens. But critics said it
was doing the bidding of multinational businesses, whose
laboratory-produced crops could one day sow ecological catastrophe. The
breakdown after 10 days of talks marked the first time in more than 20
years that a major international environmental negotiation has concluded in
disarray, said Michael Williams, spokesman for the U.N. Environmental
Program. See full story
<http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558580247-7b5>
