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Response to the criticism by Taube et al. in ESE 23:1, 2011, on the booklet "Green Genetic Engineering" published by the German Research Foundation (DFG)

Stellungnahme zur Kritik von Taube et al. an der DFG-Broschüre “Grüne Gentechnik” in ESE 23:1, 2011

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The authors of the DFG booklet "Green Genetic Engineering" respond to the criticism by Taube et al. in Environmental Sciences Europe 2011, 23:1. The broad criticism on current cropping systems in agriculture is replied to by the notice that the booklet focusses on the role of Green Genetic Engineering as a modern tool in plant breeding and on the potential uses of GMO cultivars. It is pointed out that the risks of GMO crops for the environment or human health which have been put forward in the criticism are not provable. The reproaches of wrong facts being contained in the booklet are particularly addressed and rebutted.

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Die Autoren der DFG-Broschüre „Grüne Gentechnik“ nehmen zur Kritik von Taube et al. in Environmental Sciences Europe 2011, 23:1, Stellung. Der vorgebrachten breiten Systemkritik an der modernen landwirtschaftlichen Pflanzenproduktion wird entgegnet, dass die Broschüre ausschließlich auf die Darstellung der Grünen Gentechnik als moderne Methode in der Pflanzenzüchtung und die Anwendungspotentiale von GVO-Sorten fokussiert. Es wird darauf hingewiesen, dass die in der Kritik genannten Risiken von GVO-Sorten für die Umwelt oder die menschliche Gesundheit nicht belegbar sind. Die Vorwürfe von sachlichen Fehlern in der Broschüre werden im Einzelnen behandelt und entkräftet.

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Broer, I., Jung, C., Ordon, F. et al. Response to the criticism by Taube et al. in ESE 23:1, 2011, on the booklet "Green Genetic Engineering" published by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Environ Sci Eur 23, 16 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1186/2190-4715-23-16

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