Assumptions of safety not justified by existing evidence
The government must withdraw permission for the trials, or the regulators should be held responsible for any harm caused.
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Prof. Joe Cummins
Big food companies reject GM potatoes and oppose the trials
The UK government has given permission to German biotech company BASF Plant Science GmbH for the first trials of a genetically modified (GM) crop in the country since 2003 [1]. BASF’s GM blight-resistant potato was granted permit for field trials in Ireland earlier this year, but the company abandoned its plans in face of strong opposition from civil society organisations and strict conditions imposed by Ireland’s Environmental Protection Agency [2].
(MORE) http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GMPotatoTrials.php
The government must withdraw permission for the trials, or the regulators should be held responsible for any harm caused.
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Prof. Joe Cummins
Big food companies reject GM potatoes and oppose the trials
The UK government has given permission to German biotech company BASF Plant Science GmbH for the first trials of a genetically modified (GM) crop in the country since 2003 [1]. BASF’s GM blight-resistant potato was granted permit for field trials in Ireland earlier this year, but the company abandoned its plans in face of strong opposition from civil society organisations and strict conditions imposed by Ireland’s Environmental Protection Agency [2].
(MORE) http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GMPotatoTrials.php