Britain Ends Large Scale Genetically Modified Crop Testing
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Xinhua News Agency, London, March 22 (Reporter Cao Lijun) According to reports from the British media on the 22nd, British scientists have ended their experiments on transgenic winter rapeseed, thus ending the government's five-year field research on genetically modified crops. The test proved that the crop was not conducive to biodiversity, which made the British government trying to promote GM crops fall into embarrassment. British scientists reported on the results of the test of the transgenic winter seed rapeseed developed by Bayer CropScience in the latest issue of the Royal Academy of Sciences. The results showed that the number of butterflies in the fields planted with rapeseed was reduced by two-thirds and the number of bees was reduced by half compared with the fields planted with common rapeseed. The researchers analyzed that it may be that the crop is resistant to a specific herbicide that damages broadleaf grass more than other grasses, while butterflies and bees rely more on broadleaf grasses. Cause this result. Researchers worry that because of the chain reaction, animals above the food chain will also be affected. However, proponents of GM crops stressed that the number of other insects in the trial was not affected and the overall impact on biodiversity was minimal. In the past four years, the British government has completed tests on genetically modified spring rapeseed, sugar beet, maize, and winter rapeseed. As a result, only GM maize has proved to be beneficial to biodiversity. Several other crops have been deducted. "Great for the environment" big hat. After the latest results were announced, "GM" has become a hot topic in British society. Some parties even use their articles to try to canvass votes for the forthcoming general election. In 1999, the Blair government, which intended to implement genetically modified crops, settled social disputes and announced that it had started a study called "cultivation evaluation" since 2000. The results of the study seem to have caused the Labour government to face a dilemma.