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1、09考研英语阅读理解精读篇作者：新东方印建坤第一篇EuropeanUnionenvironmentalofficialshavedeterminedthattwokindsofgeneticallymodifiedcorncouldharmbutterflies,affectfoodchainsanddisturblifeinriversandstreams,andtheyhaveproposedabanonthesaleoftheseeds,whicharemadebyDuPontPioneer,D
2、owAgrosciencesandSyngenta.ThepreliminarydecisionsarecirculatingwithintheEuropeanCommission,whichhasthefinalsay.Someofficialsthereareskepticalofabanthatwouldupsetthepowerfulbiotechnologyindustryandcouldexacerbatetensionswithimportanttradingpartnersliketh
3、eUnitedStates.TheseedsarenotavailableontheEuropeanmarketforcultivation.Inthedecisions,theenvironmentcommissioner,StavrosDimas,contendsthatthegeneticallymodifiedcorn,ormaizecouldaffectcertainbutterflyspecies,specificallythemonarch,andotherbeneficialinsec
4、ts.Forinstance,researchthisyearindicatesthatlarvaeofthemonarchbutterflyexposedtothegeneticallymodifiedcorn''behavedifferentlythanotherlarvae.''InthedecisionconcerningthecornseedsproducedbyDowandPioneer,Mr.Dimascalls''potentialdamageontheenvironmentirrev
5、ersible.''InthedecisiononSyngenta'scorn,hesaysthat''thelevelofriskgeneratedbythecultivationofthisproductfortheenvironmentisunacceptable.''AdecisionbytheEuropeanUniontobarcultivationofthegeneticallymodifiedcropswouldbethefirstofitskindinthetradebloc,andw
6、ouldintensifythecontinuingbattleovergeneticallymodifiedcorn.BanningtheapplicationsforcorncropsalsowouldmarkaboldnewstepforEuropeanenvironmentalauthorities,whoarealreadyaggressivelypursuingregulationsonemissionsfromcarsandaircraft,settingitatoddswiththeU
7、nitedStatesandangeringindustries.''TheseproductshavebeengrownintheU.S.andothercountriesforyears,''saidStephenNorton,aspokesmanfortheUnitedStatestraderepresentative.''Wearenotawareofanyothercasewhenaproducthasbeenrejectedafterhavingbeenreviewedanddetermi
8、nedsafe''byEuropeanfoodsafetyauthorities,hesaid.BarbaraHelfferich,aspokeswomanforMr.Dimas,declinedtocommentonthespecificsoftheprocedurebecausecommissionershadnotyetmadeafinaldecision.ButshesaidthattheEuropeanUnionwaswithinitsrigh
