Europe will not accept genetically modified foods. It doesn’t make any difference in the final analysis what Brussels does, what Washington does, or what the World Trade Organization does. Jeremy Rifkin Read Quote
You can eliminate, for example, a Brazil nut gene if you know that it will create an allergenic effect. Jeremy Rifkin Read Quote
It may be that everything the life science companies are telling us will turn out to be right, and there’s no problem here whatsoever. That defies logic. Jeremy Rifkin Read Quote
A refuge is supposed to prevent what? The genes from flowing out of sight? This refuge idea won’t stop insects from moving across boundaries. That’s absurd. Jeremy Rifkin Read Quote
I know quite a few farmers all over the United States who have tried this and have said the opposite, that they have to use more herbicides, not less. The same holds true with BT. Jeremy Rifkin Read Quote
If your corn has a herbicide-tolerant gene, it means you can spray your herbicides and kill the weeds; you won’t kill your corn because it’s producing a gene that makes it tolerant of the herbicide. Jeremy Rifkin Read Quote
What the public needs to understand is that these new technologies, especially in recombinant DNA technology, allow scientists to bypass biological boundaries altogether. Jeremy Rifkin Read Quote
What’s different here is that we have now technologies that allow these life science companies to bypass classical breeding. That’s what makes it both powerful and exciting. Jeremy Rifkin Read Quote
The industry’s not stupid. The industry knows that if those foods are labeled ‘genetically engineered’, the public will shy away and won’t take them. Jeremy Rifkin Read Quote
In this country, the health concerns and the environmental concerns are as deep as in Europe. All the surveys show that. But here, we didn’t have the cultural dimension. This is a fast-food culture. Jeremy Rifkin Read Quote
