One of the easiest and most helpful estate planning tools to use is also the easiest to mess up. All too often IRA owners commit costly errors on their beneficiary form that negate their best intentions, leaving loved ones out in the cold.
This was also around the time that the first debate over GMO health risks began to emerge. In 1976, biotechnology became commercialized, allowing companies to experiment with inserting genes from one species into another â whether for medicinal, food, or chemical reasons. 1982.
But thatâs changingâand a ballot question this fall in California has the potential to radically alter the GE landscape throughout the rest of the United States. On 6 November 2012 California voters will decide whether foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) must be labeled.ince they were first commercially grown in the mid-1990s, genetically engineered (GE) crops have expanded across the globe, offering farmers the advantages of genetically enhanced resistance to drought, herbicides, and insects.