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Gm contamination inevitable admits meacher
13 June 2000
Michael Meacher admitted today that GM contamination was inevitable at any distance.The Minister was responding to an oral question from Owen Paterson MP on the importance of protecting organic farming from GM crops with adequate separation distances.
Commenting, Pete Riley, Real Food Campaigner for Friends of the Earth said:
"FOE has long argued that GM pollen spreads further than the biotech industry will admit. At last a Government Minister agrees with us! What we need now is action to prevent the current farmscale trails and test sites contaminating crops and honey. Mr Meacher has let a large yowling cat out of the bag: a rambling debate about crop separation distances would be a complete waste of time."
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