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Post-Brexit Farming, Glyphosate and GMOs in the UK

An Open Letter to Hon Michael Gove Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs It seems likely that a post-Brexit trade deal with the US could mean more of the same and lead to the introduction of GM crops in the UK alongside the lowering of standards for the use of biocides in…

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Rosemary Mason and Colin Todhunter

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An Open Letter to Hon Michael Gove Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

It seems likely that a post-Brexit trade deal with the US could mean more of the same and lead to the introduction of GM crops in the UK alongside the lowering of standards for the use of biocides in agriculture. Sainsbury Laboratory already has plans for a new open air field trial of GM potatoes on farms in Suffolk and Cambridge.