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Blair to head GM campaign
By Andy McSmith, Chief Political Correspondent
(Filed: 09/07/2002)
Tony Blair is to lead a three-pronged campaign to
win public opinion over to the idea that genetically modified crops should be grown
commercially in Britain.
The campaign will run in parallel with the last of a three-year series of trials of GM
crops. The last 18 experimental sites were announced yesterday.
Officially, the exercise is described as a public debate. However, one minister said:
"Don't be in any doubt - the decision is already taken."
The results from trials with GM crops are to be published next summer. But ministers
fear that public opinion is so hostile that allowing GM crops to be grown commercially
will provoke political uproar, whatever the scientific findings.
The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is planning what a minister
called a "three- pronged PR offensive" to increase public awareness of the
advantages of GM foods. The campaign will include television, radio, posters,
supermarket leaflets and public meetings.
One theme will be the economic benefits, backed by a report from Lord Sainsbury,
the science minister, and the Government's Performance and Innovation Unit.
Another theme will be the health and environmental impact of GM crops. Research
supported by government advisers will emphasise that GM crops require fewer
chemicals to help them grow, that trials have produced no damage to the
environment, and that there are no known risks to human health.
The third theme of the campaign will be to emphasise the benefits for the Third
World.
A Defra spokesman said yesterday: "This will be a public debate, not a formal
consultation exercise. There are a lot of myths out there."
Pete Riley, GM campaigner at Friends of the Earth, said: "The Government has
agreed to hold a national debate. At the same time, they are allowing trials to take
place that threaten the environment with GM contamination."
6 July 2002: Eurofile: Euro-MPs blight Britain's GM harvest
19 June 2002: Trials of GM crops 'are too limited'
10 June 2002: Research drowned out by GM debate, says Royal Society
4 June 2002: Consumer survey finds 94pc want GM foods clearly labelled
17 May 2002: Brussels tried to cover up GM report
19 April 2002: 'Worst ever' GM crop invasion
1 February 2002: One loaf in seven has GM soya, says food agency
Previous story: Threat of stamp duty for sellers
Next story: Britain sells defence parts to Israel
External links
GM food - Food
Standards Agency
Department of Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs
Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission
Genetic engineering - Greenpeace
GM Info
Newsroom - 10 Downing Street
Performance and Innovation Unit
Real food - Friends of the Earth
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