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GM Crops
Sacha wrote in
o.uk: We've so over used pesticides, ripped out hedges, cleared ground cover that we have lost vast numbers of birds, butterflies, wild flowers - think DDT, alone banned, I think in 1947? When did you last hear a cuckoo? The last time for me was in Tresco two years ago and that was the first time for as long as I can remember. I'm with you. I have no idea if GM crops are good or bad in the longterm, nor am I qualified to pronounce on that (I am not sure anyone is yet.) But I can see no good argument for testing them further in the UK - a tiny, over-populated area where the potential benefits are small, and the risk relatively high. I don't object to Monsanto for being a multinational corporation. I object to it because businesses that don't listen, don't explain, don't care, and won't change, of any size, tend to screw up. When they do, they can make a hell of a mess. Victoria |
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