@RobertKennedyJr Same corporations, same game, global.
@_ACBIO The real issue? *Why* have "South African biosafety regulators failed in the exercise of [their] biosafety oversight role"? As your 2020 report, 'GMOs in South Africa 23 years on', succinctly clarifies, "essentially the system is rigged." Regulatory capture, a global corruption.
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Secrecy regarding members of the advisory committee Concerns about vested interests in decision-making as well as questions regarding scientific capacity to assess and apply the latest scientific information. Regulators inherent bias toward corporate science and a tendency to label independent science as “junk”and disregard lay opinions that may speak to a wide array of concerns, e.g. seed sovereignty, cultural or personal preferences, ethics, etc.