An end to GM crop development for Europe

BASF, the German chemical giant, announced in January 2012 that it was to pull out of genetically modified plant development in Europe and relocate it to the US, where political and consumer resistance to GM crops is not so entrenched.

EuropaBio: The European Association for Bioindustries http://www.europabio.org/

Friends of the Earth Europe: Biotechnology Programme and European GMO Campaign http://www.foeeurope.org/GMOs/Index.htm

Greenpeace: Press Release, 16.1.12: BASF retreats from Europe as GM crops rejected http://www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/en/News/2012/BASF-retreats-from-Europe-as-GM-crops-rejected/

Nature, 16.1.12: BASF abandons GM crop market in Europe http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/01/basf-abandons-gm-crop-market-in-europe.html

ESO: Background information: GMOs: EU's legislation on the right track, evaluation reports conclude http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-gmos-eus-legislation-on-the-right-track-evaluation-reports-conclude/

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