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1、09考研英語閱讀理解精讀篇作者：新東方印建坤第一篇EuropeanUnionenvironmentalofficialshavedeterminedthattwokindsofgeneticallymodifiedcorncouldharmbutterflies,affectfoodchainsanddisturblifeinriversandstreams,andtheyhaveproposedabanonthesaleoftheseeds,whicharemadebyDuPontPioneer,DowAgrosciencesandSyngenta.Thepreliminarydecis
2、ionsarecirculatingwithintheEuropeanCommission,whichhasthefinalsay.SomeofficialsthereareskepticalofabanthatwouldupsetthepowerfulbiotechnologyindustryandcouldexacerbatetensionswithimportanttradingpartnersliketheUnitedStates.TheseedsarenotavailableontheEuropeanmarketforcultivation.Inthedecisions,thee
3、nvironmentcommissioner,StavrosDimas,contendsthatthegeneticallymodifiedcorn,ormaizecouldaffectcertainbutterflyspecies,specificallythemonarch,andotherbeneficialinsects.Forinstance,researchthisyearindicatesthatlarvaeofthemonarchbutterflyexposedtothegeneticallymodifiedcorn''behavedifferentlythanotherl
4、arvae.''InthedecisionconcerningthecornseedsproducedbyDowandPioneer,Mr.Dimascalls''potentialdamageontheenvironmentirreversible.''InthedecisiononSyngenta'scorn,hesaysthat''thelevelofriskgeneratedbythecultivationofthisproductfortheenvironmentisunacceptable.''AdecisionbytheEuropeanUniontobarcultivatio
5、nofthegeneticallymodifiedcropswouldbethefirstofitskindinthetradebloc,andwouldintensifythecontinuingbattleovergeneticallymodifiedcorn.BanningtheapplicationsforcorncropsalsowouldmarkaboldnewstepforEuropeanenvironmentalauthorities,whoarealreadyaggressivelypursuingregulationsonemissionsfromcarsandairc
6、raft,settingitatoddswiththeUnitedStatesandangeringindustries.''TheseproductshavebeengrownintheU.S.andothercountriesforyears,''saidStephenNorton,aspokesmanfortheUnitedStatestraderepresentative.''Wearenotawareofanyothercasewhenaproducthasbeenrejectedafterhavingbeenreviewedanddeterminedsafe''byEurope
7、anfoodsafetyauthorities,hesaid.BarbaraHelfferich,aspokeswomanforMr.Dimas,declinedtocommentonthespecificsoftheprocedurebecausecommissionershadnotyetmadeafinaldecision.ButshesaidthattheEuropeanUnionwaswithinitsrigh
