Last year, 22 state legislatures passed bills addressing agricultural biotechnology, which concerns the development of genetically modified crops. Although economically important, such crops are politically controversial–and targeted by some antibiotech activists–because they may pose risks to consumers and ecosystems.
Lawmakers in 36 states introduced 130 pieces of legislation dealing with agricultural biotechnology, according to a Jan. 10 report by the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology in Washington, D.C.
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