Experimental GMO crops sprouting up across America, while USDA, the overseeing agency, takes 'industry-friendly approach'

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<p>‘Experime tal crops ge etically e gi eere to withsta high oses of pestici es are growi g all over the U.S., a i some cases illegally. However, rarely oes the biotech i stry s ffer reperc ssio s, as the U.S. Departme t of Agric lt re (USDA), the age cy respo sible for oversight, largely ig ores violators.</p>
<p>Fiel trials i volvi g ge etically mo ifie orga isms (GMOs) serve a m ltit e of p rposes, i cl i g both i strial a pharmace tical applicatio s. The USDA, respo sible for protecti g America’s foo s pply, is s ppose to oversee these fiel trials.</p>
<p>Doc me ts obtai e by Hearst Newspapers thro gh the Free om of I formatio Act (FOIA) isclose a “swiftly expa i g o t oor experime tatio a i stry-frie ly oversight of those experime ts,” accor i g to a report by the Sa Fra cisco Chro icle.’</p>
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