The Proposed EPA Plant Pesticide Rule

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October 1, 1998
Issue Paper

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62300/j85mde70

Task Force Chairs

Eugene W. Nester

Department of Microbiology, University of Washington

Myron K. Brakke

Crete, Nebraska

Nina V. Fedoroff

Life Sciences Consortium and the Biotechnology Institute, The Pennsylvania State University

Arthur Kelman

Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University

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Abstract

A panel of five members of the National Academy of Sciences formed by CAST examine the scientific merits of the Biotechnology Industry Organization response to the major conclusions reached by eleven professional scientific societies on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposal to regulate genes which make plants resistant to pests by means of genetic engineering under the same regulations developed for use of chemical pesticides applied to plants.

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