Genetic engineering produces a genuine (regulation) monstrosity

Activists have warned for decades that genetic engineering would create some sort of monstrosity like Dr. Frankenstein’s creature.  It turns out they were right: Government regulation has run amok and threatens advances in agriculture. USDA’s existing regulatory policy harms researchers, farmers and consumers alike, but there is little interest in taking up sticks and pitchforks (metaphorically speaking) to resist the bureaucrats.

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