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Sacha wrote:

The Daily Mail ran an article the other day about illnesses among people in
the Phillipines (IIRC) and the strong suspicion of links between that and GM
maize recently planted near their homes. You could try copying that and
sending it with your protests.

I wouldn't bother. With the CURRENT modifications, the chances of a
direct effect are negligible; if there is a link, it will be due to
the pesticides used. I don't think that even Monsanto are currently
field testing their really nasty additions in food crops - the risk
of a backlash is too high even for them.

I believe quite a lot of research has been done in Canada where it's said
there are big regrets over the planting of GM maize and its consequent
effect upon the environment.

That is the more serious issue. It is a pretty minor issue here, as
maize is a fairly minor crop and it has no close wild relatives in
the UK. GM rape, on the other hand :-(


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.