GM crops: let’s stick to the facts

I READ with interest Dick Warner’s article on GMOs (Irish Examiner, October 20). A number of points raised need to be clarified.

GM crops: let’s stick to the facts

The GM trials researchers referred to in the article stressed that “the differences they found do not arise because the crops were genetically modified.

"They arise because these GM crops give farmers new options for weed control”. The researchers also “believe that the differences in wildlife could be similar to those found if a farmer changed from growing one crop to another”.

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