GENET-news
To stay informed you can subscribe to the GENET-news list.
2007-06-20 | permalink
’Zombie crops’ funded by British taxpayers to ’get round’ GM ban
”Zombie” GM crops - so called because farmers will have to pay biotech companies to bring seeds back from the dead - are being developed with British taxpayers’ money. The highly controversial development - part of a £3.4m EU research project - is bound to increase concerns about the modified crops and the devastating effect they could have on Third World farmers.
Environmentalists charge that it appears to be an attempt to get round a worldwide ban on a GM technology so abhorred that even Monsanto has said it will not use it.
Overview
News
2007-06-20 | permalink
’Zombie crops’ funded by British taxpayers to ’get round’ GM ban
”Zombie” GM crops - so called because farmers will have to pay biotech companies to bring seeds back from the dead - are being developed with British taxpayers’ money. The highly controversial development - part of a £3.4m EU research project - is bound to increase concerns about the modified crops and the devastating effect they could have on Third World farmers.
Environmentalists charge that it appears to be an attempt to get round a worldwide ban on a GM technology so abhorred that even Monsanto has said it will not use it.
GENET-news & GENET-forum
GENET-news is providing a daily news service on a range of topics regarding genetic engineering. We are screening the worldwide English news, press releases and other publications to provide you with a strategic selection of information. GENET-news enables you to stay informed about all aspects of the global controversy around GE technologies and GE organisms. You can subscribe by 
email.
The GENET-forum list provides you with additional background information and more voluminous reports. It is only open for GENET members. Please contact the coordinator for membership and subscription.