As the Bush administration nears its final weeks, officials are hastily loosening key rules in workplace safety, environmental protection - and soon, perhaps, on American farmlands. This month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture began finalizing its oversight rules for genetically modified crops: artificial plant strains with the potential for doing humans great good - and serious long-term harm. The USDA needs to resist any industry pressure to rush these new rules...
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