Over 11,000 people responded to the Government's GM 'coexistence' consultation in 2006 - the results of which have finally been published.
Did you know?
95% of members of the public who took part in the consultation opposed the Government's GM proposals.
DEFRA were proposing rules to allow GM crops to be grown alongside conventional and organic varieties.
But their plans were so weak that routine, unlabelled, GM contamination would have been inevitable.
People wrote to DEFRA to demand strict rules to keep GM contamination under the minimum detection level.
They also urged that GM companies must be held responsible for any economic costs caused by contamination.
DEFRA is now awaiting the results of 'important' further research. They have also promised to commission new research in the light of public concern.
In the meantime you can email your MP, asking them to demand that the Government doesn't go ahead with the weak rules.
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