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National Academies report has broad support

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Last December, the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Board of Agriculture and Natural Resources convened a Forum of Scientific Society Leaders on Genetically-Engineered Crops: Experiences and Prospects (http://dels.nas.edu/Upcoming-Event/Forum-Scientific-Society-Leaders/AUTO-5-80-52-G?bname=banr). Invited participants were representatives of professional scientific societies or other organizations with an interest in the science behind the agronomic, health, environmental, and socioeconomic implications of genetically engineered (GE) crops. They were asked to comment on the scientific validity of the findings and recommendations of the NAS GE crops report released in May 2016 (ref. 1) and to suggest future directions. The participants represented 17 major scientific societies and independent research organizations and thousands of scholars working on GE-crop-related research. Forum participants expressed general support for the majority of the report findings, offering a nuanced and appreciative view of its contents.

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  1. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SARE) and the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA

    Paul Vincelli

  2. Rural Sociological Society and School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

    Douglas Jackson-Smith

  3. Center for Research on Ingredient Safety (CRIS) and Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Society of Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

    Michael Holsapple

  4. USDA-ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center and Department of Pediatrics, Crop Science Society of America, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

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  5. Society for Social Studies of Science and Centre for Engineering in Society, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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  10. School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA

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  13. International Consortium for Applied Bioeconomy Research and Department of Agriculture, Food, and Resource Economics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

    Carl Pray

  14. Entomological Society of America and University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

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Vincelli, P., Jackson-Smith, D., Holsapple, M. et al. National Academies report has broad support. Nat Biotechnol 35, 304–306 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3842

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