1.0South Africa Journalhttps://southafricajournal.comsjadminhttps://southafricajournal.com/author/sjadmin-s/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="QPLDEWCVgJ"><a href="https://southafricajournal.com/parliament-must-reject-the-gmo-bill-in-its-current-form-daily-monitor-uganda/">Parliament must reject the GMO Bill in its current form (Daily Monitor (Uganda))</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://southafricajournal.com/parliament-must-reject-the-gmo-bill-in-its-current-form-daily-monitor-uganda/embed/#?secret=QPLDEWCVgJ" width="600" height="338" title="“Parliament must reject the GMO Bill in its current form (Daily Monitor (Uganda))” — South Africa Journal" data-secret="QPLDEWCVgJ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> There is growing pressure from scientists and their lobbyists to push Parliament into passing the highly contested Biotechnology and Biosafety Bill (GMO), which has been on the order paper twice this week after it was deferred last year for further consultations.But the responsible legislators have shied away from public discussions about the Bill, which they ... Read more