General Article EU angers all camps with move to relax GM crop restrictions

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By BusinessGreen.com staff

The use of genetically modified (GM) crops in the EU could become more common over the next decade, after the European Commission yesterday unveiled plans that would give individual member states the freedom to decide whether or not to permit the production of GM crops.However, both pro- and anti-GM lobby groups have expressed frustration at the new proposals, warning that they could create a patchwork of regulations across the EU where some states allow GM crops a...

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