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Thinkpad Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett said that after three-year long trials the government approved -- in principle -- the growing of the herbicide-tolerant corn.
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Microsoft Beckett said she did not think the crop would be grown commercially in Britain until the Spring of 2005 at the earliest.
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Laptop Computer Beckett said licenses to grow the genetically modified corn would expire in October 2006. Those holding a license to grow the corn would have to carry out scientific analysis during cultivation in order to renew planting rights.
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Desktop Computer Beckett said that the crop must be grown under the same condtions as the trials. She also said the commercial growers must continue to ``carry out further scientific analysis to monitor changes in herbicide use on conventional maize (corn).''
Notebooks No commercial genetically modified crops are grown in Britain now, but the government has conducted crop trials, scientific reviews and cost and benefit studies.
Lenovo After a three-year research project, British scientists concluded in October that growing herbicide-tolerant corn under trial conditions had not had an adverse effect surrounding plants and wildlife.
Hard Drive In January, a government-appointed committee broadly agreed with that finding. But earlier this month, a powerful committee of lawmakers said the trial were ``unsatisfactory'' and urged the government not to make a decision until further testing had taken place.
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Gateway The announcement came as the British Medical Association said GM foods were highly unlikely to be damaging to health.
Laptop Parts But it said more research and surveillance was needed to allay public concerns and provide convincing evidence of the benefits of growing GM crops.
Software ``Our assessment of all the available research is that there is very little potential for GM foods to cause harmful health effects,'' said David Carter, chairman of the BMA's science board.
Hard Drives ``However, the BMA recognizes the huge public concern over the impact of GM foods and believes that research is still needed in key areas to allay public concern about the potential risks to human health and the environment.''
Electronics Tony Juniper, director of Friends of the Earth, called on the government to change its mind.
Canon ``Tony Blair must not ignore the threat GM poses to our food, farming and the environment,'' he said.
Desktop Pc Associated Press - 3/9/2004
Topic: Genetic Engineering
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