ASK and you may indeed receive – but the news you receive will not necessarily be what you wanted to hear. Earlier this year the UK government instigated what it called GM Nation?, a series of round-table discussions, town hall debates and other consultation exercises, all aimed at discovering what the famously sceptical British public really thinks about genetically modified crops as the government gears up to deciding whether to sanction commercial growing.
Well, now ministers know. The findings, published this week, show that the vast majority of participants are convinced that GM food has the potential to cause health and…
