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Lessons in biopolitics

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Stefan Rauschen's personal account of genetically modified (GM) plant research in Germany1 is a worrisome outcome of what is termed 'biopolitics'. GM crop biopolitics can be defined as the process of political risk management, whereby policy makers base their decisions—for instance, whether a given crop harbors potential risks for human health or the environment—on more than just the scientific evidence2.

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