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21.03.2005 | permalink
UK: Last results of five year farm scale trials published
The last set of scientific evaluations of GMO farm scale trials over four years in Great Britain have now been published by the UK Department of Environment and Agriculture. The results found that weedkiller-resistant winter oilseed rape (canola) is marginally worse for farmland wildlife than its non-GM counterpart.</p><p><a href="http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/gm/fse/">Farm scale evaluations, all documents</a></p><p><a href="http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/environment/story.jsp?story=622479">Independent: The end for GM crops - Final British trial confirms threat to wildlife</a></p><p><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7178">New Scientist: Final farm-scale crop trial finds against GM</a></p><p><a href="http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/media_briefing/government_to_publish_the.pdf">Friends of the Earth briefing on the results</a>