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British GMO Protests Highlight Global Divide

Posted on August 04, 2008

British opposition to genetically modified cropsis on the rise, prompting security concerns at research laboratories across the country. Nearly all 54 U.K. pesticide-resistant crop trials attempted in the past eight years have been attacked, according to media reports. Protesters are destroying the experimental crops to prevent biotechnology companies from spreading genetically modified organisms (GMOs) more widely in Europe and the developing world.As protests become more fierce in the United Kingdom and more acceptedin other parts of the world, this mounting attention highlights starkdiffere...

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