ANYONE who thought the inexorable rise of genetically modified crops had been
body-checked by consumer pressure and green opposition is wrong. According to
figures out last month, 5.5 million farmers worldwide—mainly in the US,
Argentina, Canada and China—now grow GM crops covering more than 50
million hectares. That’s an area the size of Spain. And with vast countries like
Indonesia about to join the GM club, next year’s leap could be bigger still.
Yet in Britain, where there is still no commercial growing, the GM industry’s
prospects have taken another dive. A report on the potential health impacts…
