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"We are not in a position to commercialize GM crops"

clara | 23.02.2004 10:15 | Bio-technology

At a press conference at COP7 of the Convention on Biological Diversity in Kuala Lumpur, the environmental minster Elliot Morley, stated that the UK was not yet in a position to commercialize GM crops. In relation to leaked cabinet minutes in which cabinet members want to tie world hunger arguments into the discussion of approving herbicide resistant GM maize in the UK, he assured that it was not for the UK government to advocate the use of GM technology internationally.


video clips of the press conference at: http://www. biotechimc.org
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clara
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Nothing to see here, move along please

23.02.2004 18:14

As far as I can tell, he said pretty much nothing, except that each crop will be examined on a case by case basis - in other words, more than likely we will see commercialisation.

"UK was not yet in a position to commercialize GM crops" is just a delaying tactic. They can say today we are not in a position to commercialize GM, but that doesn't stop them saying tomorrow that we are.

Jynx