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Opposition to GMOs is strong in Europe (Photo: Basf)

Frankenpolitics: The Left's defence of GMOs

The global movement against genetic modification, it is fair to say, does in general spring from the green-left side of the political spectrum, but is anti-GM campaigning actually that left-wing?

In May last year, UK activists from Take the Flour Back announced that they were going to "decontaminat" - or tear up - GM wheat being tested by the Rothamsted Research institute, one of the oldest agricultural research bodies in the world.

The grain being tested gives off an odour that ...

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Opposition to GMOs is strong in Europe (Photo: Basf)

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