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Old 26-04-2003, 12:28 PM
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Default The DEFRA [Uk] report into "GM contamination"

What was confirmed is what we already knew - plant GM crops too close to
related non-GM food crops & wild weeds and they will contaminate them with
pollen.
This report should not stop GM in the UK or anywhere else. What it will do
is make a solid
foundation for going forward by ensuring that regulations leave enough
distance between crops.
It will also encourage scientists to engineer ''safety features'' into
crops. We suggest several at http://www.molecularfarming.com/safety.html
We would see this as especially important for Molecular Farming crops, where
the end products are Non-Food
Most farms can grow such a diversity of crops, many, many of which do not
pose a
pollen risk, that to stop Molecular Farming, or indeed food-related GM, on
the basis of this report and the UK Govt's very poor way of it's release,
would be throwing out the baby with the bath-water.


 
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