A study published today by Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace concludes that the growing of GM crops in Spain is causing contamination of organic crops, producing low yields and its benefits are grossly overstated. The report is also highly critical of the Spanish Government for failing to properly control or monitor the situation. [1]Spain is the only country in the European Union where GM crops are grown at a commercial scale. Around 25,000 hectares are planted with a genetically modified corn variety (called Bt176) of Syngenta.</p><p><a href="http://www.foeeurope.org/press/2003/GR_26_August_failing.htm" target="blank">Press Release</a></p><p><a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/espana_es/news/details?item_id=305056" target="blank">Los transgénicos no benefician a los agricultores</a></p><p><a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/international_en/multimedia/download/1/305096/0/Spain_GMmaize.pdf" target="blank">Full Report in English</a></p><p><a href="http://www.pressrelations.de/index.cfm?start_url=http%3A//www.pressrelations.de/search/release.cfm%3Fr%3D132184%26style%3D" target="blank">Greenpeace: Syngenta pflanzt in Spanien Gentech-Mais ohne Rücksicht auf Gesetz, Umwelt und Bevölkerung</a>