The approval of products like pesticides, chemicals, or GMOs depend on a few limited studies, paid for by the same industries that stand to profit from the product’s approval and sale.
At the same time, regulators ignore large numbers of peer-reviewed independent studies in their assessments of such products – even though such studies are less likely to be biased, are of better quality, and use the latest scientific methods and insights.
Why do regulators ignore independent science? This forum will draw the different threads of the issue together and come up with ways we can place independent science back where it belongs – at the heart of regulatory decision-making.
Representatives from EFSA and DG SANCO will be invited. ALDE is fighting for independent expertise and science-based decision-making.
Contact: elissa.bensalah@europarl.europa.eu
