DEFRA Studies Show Extent of GM Pollution

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Wednesday, 15 October 2003

GM farming would pollute the countryside for generations, the Government's own research revealed yesterday. The studies were conducted on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
In one study, tests on GM oilseed rape showed that fields could be infested with 'feral' plants for 16 years from a single crop. Only heavy spraying with chemicals would kill them off. It was also found that GM pollen from trial sites of oilseed rape had travelled 16.1 miles - six times the previously estimated maximum distance. Experts focusing on the effects on wildlife forecast extinction for the skylark within 20 years.
Source: Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Guardian & Times via www.soilassociation.org