| EU Ministers vote to keep bans on certain GM crops |
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Environment ministers from across Europe voted on 24th June 2005 to
allow Austria, Luxembourg, Germany, France and Greece to keep their
bans on certain GM crops. They rejected proposals by the unelected
European Commission to lift the bans. The USA claims that such bans are
a barrier to trade and has made a complaint to the World Trade
Organisation. But UK Environment Minister Elliot Morley sided with the
GM industry, voting to overturn the bans. Taken from Friends of the Earth website, www.foe.co.uk |
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| Last Updated ( Tuesday, 23 August 2005 ) |
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