1.   Most intense has been the reaction against genetically modified crops, known as GMOs, for genetically modified organism.

2.   The new category of genetically modified organisms has been subject to far less testing than one should reasonably expect.

3.   It provides advice, after a comprehensive scientific assessment, on the planned release of genetically modified organisms and is responsible for monitoring the outcome of each release.

4.   It has criticized the government for not stressing the responsibilities of scientists in its draft safety guidelines on working with genetically modified organisms.

5.   Governments are attempting to devise safeguards to minimise the risks of genetic pollution when genetically modified organisms are released into the environment.

6.   At first glance Florianne Koechlin might seem an unlikely advocate in the struggle to ban the use of genetically modified organisms.

7.   Consumer and environmental groups both in North America and Europe have mounted vocal campaigns for mandatory labeling of products containing genetically modified organisms, or GMOs.

8.   Even in Britain, which grows and exports such things, Sainsbury supermarkets have had to pull everything made from genetically modified organisms off the shelves.

9.   For these reasons, environmental activist groups such as the Sierra Club have encouraged a moratorium on the planting of any genetically modified organisms, including trees.

10.   Frequent government testing, he added, has confirmed that the harvest is free of genetically modified organisms.