Background on
Green Biotechnology

Look for the special report on the GM debate at The Guardian's website

Also check out the background given by Nature magazine.

Recent articles:

UK: GM maize given official go-ahead
The Guardian, 9.3.2004

GM trials reveal mixed impact on wildlife
The Guardian, 16.10.2003

GM-Food: Deepest Fears of the British
The largest consumer survey to date about GM-food is heating tempers in England: More than 80 per cent of interviewees reject genetically modified food.
By Tobias Beck (October 13, 2003)

GM crops could create hybrids
Pollination with wild relatives likely, says research
The Guardian, 10.10.2003

GM crops fail key trials amid environment fear
Two out of three strains 'should not be grown'
The Guardian, 02.10.2003

Field trials raise pressure on government
With the US alleging restraint of trade, the latest in a long line of consultations and tests has only made a decision harder
The Guardian, 02.10.2003
 
US escalates GM food row with Europe
The Guardian, 19.08.2003

Naive, narrow and biased...
Carlo Leifert explains why he resigned from the British government's GM science review panel
The Guardian, 24.07.2003
 

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