Debate over GMOs rages on in Europe

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Debate over GMOs rages on in Europe

18 January 2008, 18:56 CET

Over 300 scientists and green lobby groups in Spain have signed a petition calling on their government to ban the cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

The signatories, made up of scientists from Spanish universities and research centres, including the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), and green groups, denounced the 'dangers and impacts of the introduction into the environment and on our plates' and demanded that the Spanish government adopt measures to eradicate the cultures on its territory.

'This is a technology that is destroying biodiversity and was a by-product of the military industry. It is lamentable that Spain is acting as a vector for introducing these cultures into Europe when it is a country rich in biodiversity,' Eugenio Reyes, a researcher at the Botanical Garden of Las Palmas in Gran Canaria, told El Mundo newspaper.

Spain currently grows 75,000 hectares of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), making it Europe's largest grower in Europe, followed by France with 22,000 hectares.
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