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Ministers admit GM trials too soon

Series: Independent ; 2 March 2001, 9(1)Publication details: 2001Subject(s): Summary: Sources indicate some Ministers are admitting that government plans to double the size of GM crop trials do not give organic farmers adequate time to protect their crops from contamination. Government has ignored requests to leave buffer zones between test sites and organic farms.

Sources indicate some Ministers are admitting that government plans to double the size of GM crop trials do not give organic farmers adequate time to protect their crops from contamination. Government has ignored requests to leave buffer zones between test sites and organic farms.