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 | | Speakers at the Genoa conference urged caution before authorities approved GM crops, saying they had to know the full impact of accidental cross-pollination on the environment. |
 | | "This is the time to develop a social consciousness in our country," Marta Vincenzi, president of Genoa's regional authority, told the opening ceremony. |
 | | Giovanni Berlinguer, president of the National Committee of Bioethics in Rome, agreed with Vincenzi's appeal for caution, but warned against what he called "fundamentalism" by those who opposed genetic research without considering the possible long-term benefits. |
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