So We're Going to Be Force-Fed Gm ; Leaked Papers Reveal How, After the Charade of Consultation, Ministers Have Decided to Ignore Public Fears and Give the Go-Ahead to the First Crops
Daily Mail › February 20, 2004
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SECRET documents show Tony Blair is planning to give the goahead to GM crops despite overwhelming public opposition and persistent scientific doubts.
Ministers are preparing to face a political firestorm by approving the sowing of a variety of GM maize, leaked minutes of a Cabinet committee meeting suggest.See the full content of this document
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So We're Going to Be Force-Fed Gm ; Leaked Papers Reveal How, After the Charade of Consultation, Ministers Have Decided to Ignore Public Fears and Give the Go-Ahead to the First Crops
They decided a ban would be 'irrational' even though the public is 'unlikely to be receptive'.
The extraordinary move, which will open the door to the cultivation of many varieties of GM crops in the future, could come within weeks.It treats with contempt the results of a huge survey o...See the full content of this document
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