British OK GM Maize, Greenpeace Furious

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http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0310-08.htm

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ENVIRONMENTALISTS' FURY

The National Farmers Union welcomed the decision but urged the government to proceed with caution.

Green campaigners, however, were aghast. "The government has given the thumbs up to GM maize and shown two fingers to the British public," said Friends of the Earth director Tony Juniper. "Tony Blair must not ignore the threat GM poses to our food, farming and the environment."

Blair is a long-time supporter of the technology, in principle, arguing that too much dither risks Britain's position at the cutting edge of scientific innovation, capitalizing on the multi-billion dollar biotechnology industry.

But British and wider European public opinion is overwhelmingly skeptical about so-called "Frankenstein Foods."


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