Europe's top court has ruled that EU governments have no right to conceal the location of field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops. The European Court of Justice was responding to a case brought by Pierre Azelvandre in Alsace, eastern France. He wanted to know where GM field trials had taken place in his local area.
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Comment: The court’s ruling means that the UK’s plans to grow genetically modified crops in top secret military locations are now effectively illegal.
Sunday, March 01, 2009
EU court attacks GM crop secrecy
Posted by Willow at 4:27 pm
Labels: EU, GM crops, Pierre Azelvandre
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