| Posted June 25,
2004, EurActiv.com:
The Spanish government is preparing to challenge the recent
lifting of the six year long EU moratorium on new GMO
products. The EU's ban effectively ended on May 19, 2004
when the Commission approved the genetically modified
sweetcorn variety Bt-11. This happend after new EU rules
on labelling and tracability had come into force.
Spain's Socialist Environment Minister Cristina Narbona
said on June 22 that the government would now seek the
advice of independent researchers. She questioned whether
it was wise to continue the country's extensive cultivation
of GMO crops, and went on to accuse the previous conservative
government of authorising a massive extension of GMO
crops without waiting for scientists to reach a definitive
opinion.
"We want to reinforce independent research in
this area, and I underline the word independent, because
in this country, where there is little scientific investigation,
many researchers are privately financed by companies
that want the research to have a specific conclusion,"
Narbona said.
Original article: http://www.euractiv.com/cgi-bin/cgint.exe/1848659-478?204&OIDN=1507907&-tt=bi
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