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EuropeanUnionenvironmentalofficialshavedeterminedthattwokindsofgeneticallymodifiedcorncouldharmbutterflies,affectfoodchainsanddisturblifeinriversandstreams,andtheyhaveproposedabanonthesaleoftheseeds,whicharemadebyDuPontPioneer,DowAgrosciencesandSyngenta.ThepreliminarydecisionsarecirculatingwithintheEuropeanCommission,whichhasthefinalsay.SomeofficialsthereareskepticalofabanthatwouldupsetthepowerfulbiotechnologyindustryandcouldexacerbatetensionswithimportanttradingpartnersliketheUnitedStates.TheseedsarenotavailableontheEuropeanmarketforcultivation.

Inthedecisions,theenvironmentcommissioner,StavrosDimas,contendsthatthegeneticallymodifiedcorn,ormaizecouldaffectcertainbutterflyspecies,specificallythemonarch,andotherbeneficialinsects.Forinstance,researchthisyearindicatesthatlarvaeofthemonarchbutterflyexposedtothegeneticallymodifiedcorn’’behavedifferentlythanotherlarvae.’’InthedecisionconcerningthecornseedsproducedbyDowandPioneer,Mr.Dimascalls’’potentialdamageontheenvironmentirreversible.’’InthedecisiononSyngenta’scorn,hesaysthat’’thelevelofriskgeneratedbythecultivationofthisproductfortheenvironmentisunacceptable.’’

AdecisionbytheEuropeanUniontobarcultivationofthegeneticallymodifiedcropswouldbethefirstofitskindinthetradebloc,andwouldintensifythecontinuingbattleovergeneticallymodifiedcorn.BanningtheapplicationsforcorncropsalsowouldmarkaboldnewstepforEuropeanenvironmentalauthorities,whoarealreadyaggressivelypursuingregulationsonemissionsfromcarsandaircraft,settingitatoddswiththeUnitedStatesandangeringindustries.

’’TheseproductshavebeengrownintheU.S.andothercountriesforyears,’’saidStephenNorton,aspokesmanfortheUnitedStatestraderepresentative.’’Wearenotawareofanyothercasewhenaproducthasbeenrejectedafterhavingbeenreviewedanddeterminedsafe’’byEuropeanfoodsafetyauthorities,hesaid.

BarbaraHelfferich,aspokeswomanforMr.Dimas,declinedtocommentonthespecificsoftheprocedurebecausecommissionershadnotyetmadeafinaldecision.ButshesaidthattheEuropeanUnionwaswithinitsrightstomakedecisionsbasedonthe’’precautionaryprinciple’’evenwhenscientistshadfoundnodefinitiveevidenceprovingproductscancauseharm.ShesaidthatthedecisionsbyMr.Dimascouldgobeforethecommissionwithinafewweeks,butshesaidthatnodatehadbeenset.Inthedecisions,Mr.Dimascitedrecentresearchshowingthatconsumptionofgeneticallymodified’’cornbyproductsreducedgrowthandincreasedmortalityofnontargetstreaminsects’’andthattheseinsects’’areimportantpreyforaquaticandriparianpredators’’andthatthiscouldhave’’unexpectedecosystem-scaleconsequences.’’

Althoughstillpreliminary,hisdecisionscoulddrasticallytiltthepolicyagainstfutureapprovalsofgeneticallymodifiedcrops,saidNathalieMoll,aspokeswomanforEuropabio,anindustrygroupwith80membersincludingSyngenta,PioneerandDow.EuropabiosaysthatthecropsgrownusingthegeneticallymodifiedcornarealreadyimportedintoseveralEuropeancountries,includingFranceandGermany,wheretheyareusedtofeedanimalslikecowsandchickens.

RobGianfranceschi,spokesmanattheUnitedStatesmissiontotheEuropeanUnioninBrussels,saiditwastooearlytocommentonadecisionthathadnotyetbeenformalized.ButhemadeclearthattheUnitedStatesremainedfrustratedwithEuropeanpoliciesongeneticallymodifiedcrops.

1.Thepreliminarydecisionsaremadeby_____.

[A]DuPontPioneer,DowAgrosciencesandSyngenta

[B]EuropeanUnionenvironmentalofficials

[C]EuropeanCommision

[D]StarvrosDimas

2.Tothedecisions,theEuropeanCommissionofficials’attitudesare_____.

[A]skeptical

[B]controversial

[C]contradictory

[D]divergent

3.Aboutthedecisions,whichoneofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE?

[A]Thedecisionsaimstoputabanthesaleoftheseedsofgeneticallymodifiedcornduetopoliticalandbiologicalconcerns.

[B]ThedecisionsarewarmlyembracedbyallEUmembersbutbitterlyrejectedbytheirtradepartners.

[C]Thedecisionscouldprobablybemadeevenifnodefinitiveevidenceprovingtheproductsharmfulisfound.

[D]thereishighpossibilitythatthedecisionswouldbeapprovedbytheEuropeanCommission.

4.Mr.Dimascitedmanyresearchesonthegeneticallymodifiedcorninhisdecisioninorderto_____.

[A]dispelsomeofficials’doubtonhisdecisions

[B]enhancethestrengthofhisdecision-making

[C]demonstratethelatestachievementofhisdecision

[D]assuret