SPANISH PROTESTERS INVADE GM MAIZE FIELDS
September 13, 2003
Reuters
ARANJUEZ, Spain- Spanish farmers and ecologists on Saturday were cited as
invading fields of genetically-modified maize to protest against cultivation
of the crop in the only European country where it is grown on a commercial
scale.
The story says that around 80 protesters, some dressed in white suits that
mimicked the protective outfits scientists wear to clear up biological
hazards, picked corncobs, cordoned off GM plants, unfurled banners and
spray-painted slogans on walls at three GM trial sites throughout Spain.
The story adds that the protests were timed to coincide with demonstrations
at the World Trade Organization meeting in the Mexican resort of Cancun,
where agriculture has been one of the main sticking points.