GM crop grant planted in UK: Britons wary
UK scientists have received a US$10 million grant for research into GM crops in one of the biggest investments in the field. The British public remains skeptical of GM foods, a recent report suggesting they pose both environmental and health threats.The multi-million investment from UK-based charity the Gates Foundation will be used to cultivate GM modified corn, wheat and rice.
Scientists from the John Innes Center are hoping to create a strain of crops that are able to extract nitrogen from the air, thus eliminating the need for chemical ammonia spread on fields..... MORE
Source: RT.com
URL: http://www.rt.com/news/gm-uk-genetically-modified-claims-221/
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