<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c2ab2e06-4ec9-404e-bace-4b0e73b8fadb/D8595663-404C-4527-A7C7-E61627F62E58/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227114.200-genetically-modified-crops-get-the-vaticans-blessing.html" href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227114.200-genetically-modified-crops-get-the-vaticans-blessing.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.newscientist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227114.200-genetically-modified-crops-get-the-vaticans-blessing.html"><H1> Genetically modified crops get the Vatican's blessing </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227114.200-genetically-modified-crops-get-the-vaticans-blessing.html"><P class="infuse">THE Vatican seldom approves of scientists meddling with God's creation. So the decision of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences to back oft-demonised genetically modified crops as an answer to world hunger and poverty may come as a surprise.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227114.200-genetically-modified-crops-get-the-vaticans-blessing.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.newscientist.com/img/8B0A8ADE-ADEA-413A-A55B-C82ED2D0E462" alt="Pope Benedict XVI's scientists have given their blessing to genetically modified crops as a possible solution to world hunger and poverty (Image: Action Press/Rex Features)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227114.200-genetically-modified-crops-get-the-vaticans-blessing.html"><P class="infuse">GM crops were heartily endorsed at a <A target="nsarticle" href="http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_academies/acdscien/2009/booklet_transgenic_34.pdf">week-long seminar</A> held by the academy in mid-May. Participants agreed that the crops offer <A href="http://www.newscientist.com/topic/food-drink" alt="food" omd="zodJump('http://widgets.zibb.com/images/_jump.gif?tag=InfusionJS&url=http:%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Ftopic%2Ffood-drink&gsid=food&entitytypeid=kw&lid=http://www.newscientist.com/topic/food-drink&title=food&intref=infusion&variantName=food&zodid=96')" class="infusionLink">food</A> safety and security, better health and environmental sustainability. That verdict is not shared by the <A target="nsarticle" href="http://www.agassessment.org/index.cfm?Page=About_IAASTD&ItemID=2">International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge</A>, Science and Technology for Development, a global UN-backed think tank that last year <A href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19826503.900-how-to-kickstart-an-agricultural-revolution.html">rejected GM</A> as a solution to hunger.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D8595663-404C-4527-A7C7-E61627F62E58/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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