News Article: The ‘bulldozer’ of a bill set to change gene-editing laws

The Government is promising that a relaxation of gene technology regulations will provide economic growth for the country, but critics fear the new bill is too loose and a step too far.

“It is using a bulldozer to crack a nut,” Jack Heinemann, professor of genetics at the University of Canterbury, tells The Detail.



The 'bulldozer' of a bill set to change gene-editing laws - Newsroom

Today from The Detail: Experts agree that advances to GMO technology means laws need to change. But just how those changes look is contentious.

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