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No go on SD transgenic wheat regulation bill
(Friday, Feb. 14, 2003 -- CropChoice news) --Joe Kafka, AP, 02/13/03 via Agnet:
PIERRE, S.D. - Legislative efforts fell short Thursday to make the South
Dakota state Agriculture Department regulate genetically modified wheat.
Opponents of SB214 were cited as arguing that the bill is premature because
artificially altered wheat is not yet available and that the federal
government likely will regulate genetically modified wheat and that if
states do it, too, it would create a hodgepodge of rules.
The Senate Agriculture Committee killed the bill 5-4.
Sen. John Koskan, R-Wood, offered the measure. He said many countries have
announced they will not buy wheat that has been artificially changed to make
it resist bugs, diseases or drought. People there worry the wheat may lead
to health problems, he said. | |
