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February 2001UK names sites for transgenic crop trials
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Date accessed: 25 February 2001
Nature 409, 752 - 753 (2001) © Macmillan Publishers Ltd.
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February 2001
[LONDON] The British government has released details of
the next stage of its genetically modified crop field trials, setting off a
now-familiar cycle of sometimes ill-tempered debate and demonstration.
A total of 96 new trial sites of genetically modified maize, oilseed rape and beet will be sown in the coming months, doubling the size of the current test programme. The buffer distance between the transgenic and conventional crops, intended to stop cross-pollination, will be increased — from 50 to 100 metres for oilseed rape and from 50 to 80 metres for maize.
Organic farming and environmental groups have reacted angrily to the announcement, branding the separation distances as "pathetically inadequate".
Category: 29. GMOs