<a href="http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1505660" rel="nofollow">http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1505660</a><p>New England Journal of Medicine, Aug 2015<p>GMOs, Herbicides, and Public Health<p>"...unlike regulatory bodies in 64 other countries, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not require labeling of GM foods.<p>... determination by the IARC in 2015 that glyphosate is a “probable human carcinogen”1 and 2,4-D a “possible human carcinogen.”<p>...These developments suggest that GM foods and the herbicides applied to them may pose hazards to human health that were not examined in previous assessments. We believe that the time has therefore come to thoroughly reconsider all aspects of the safety of plant biotechnology. The National Academy of Sciences has convened a new committee to reassess the social, economic, environmental, and human health effects of GM crops.<p>...we believe the time has come to revisit the United States' reluctance to label GM foods."
For those mocking Russia for this, note that they are joining Germany and France in enacting these laws[0]. While I believe in democracy and freedom, I also think that anti-Russian sentiment is being stirred up for the wrong reasons, by people who see Russia as an enemy of the US.<p>[0] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_genetically_modified_organisms_in_the_European_Union" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_genetically_modi...</a>
Boy, the Cold War vibes are getting stronger and stronger; will this be followed by a string of "bad harvests"?<p>(Actually, returning that level of Stalinist stupidity is unlikely, but given the low price of oil they need maximum productivity everywhere else possible.)