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GM debate: scientists and protesters aren’t polar opposites

by Rebecca Nesbit 

My excitement of today was to attend the anti-GM protest organised by Take the Flour Back, joining the group of bystanders wearing ‘Don’t Destroy Research’ badges. Take the Flour Back (I don’t get the name – apparently it’s something to do with Rage Against the Machines) objects to a trial [...]

Spills of GM seed – do we need to worry?

by Rebecca Nesbit

In the EU three varieties of herbicide-tolerant oilseed rape are approved for import and food use. Although they are not grown commercially in the EU, there is a concern that grain will be spilt during transport. The seed could grow in fields or in the wild, and could inter-breed [...]