lunes, 14 de mayo de 2007

GM potato crop trial approved

Biotech firm BASF has been given permission to grow genetically modified potatoes at a farm near Hull. It will use a one-hectare site between Preston and Hedon, east of Hull, to grow up to 45,000 GM potatoes a year until 2011. A petition signed by 600 people has expressed concerns, including the risk of GM potatoes cross-pollinating with non-GM crops.

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