Press releases
Immediate release (21 Mar 2017)
If granted consent by Defra, the trial will see the experimental potatoes planted in an open field at the Sainsbury Laboratory in Norwich, despite the fact they have not been tested under controlled conditions. Applications for a “deliberate release” of …
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Comment (1 Feb 2017)
Commenting on the news that Rothamsted Research has received consent to go ahead with an open-air trial of GM wheat, Liz O’Neill, Director of umbrella campaign group GM Freeze said: GM Freeze and thirty other organisations submitted a detailed objection …
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Immediate release (27 Jan 2017)
A key vote today saw European nations oppose the European Commission’s proposal to authorise the first new GM crops for cultivation since 1998, but failed to achieve the necessary majority for the proposal to be formally shelved. [1] EU member …
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Comment (19 Dec 2016)
Commenting on a new study showing unexpected differences between GM and non-GM maize, GM Freeze Director Liz O’Neill said: This study shows that the impact of changing an organism’s genome in the lab goes way beyond intended effects. Genetics is …
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Comment (5 Nov 2016)
Commenting on a poll commisioned by Bayer, which showed 54% of UK adults agreeing with GM crops “in principle, provided there are no negative consequences related to health or the environment”, GM Freeze Director Liz O’Neill said: Unfortunately, the agrochemical …
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Comment (4 Nov 2016)
Commenting on news that Rothamsted Research has applied for permission to carry out a field trial of GM wheat plants [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/genetically-modified-organisms-rothamsted-research-16r0802], GM Freeze Director Liz O’Neill said Rothamsted’s researchers have totally missed the point – why do we want to …
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Comment (1 Nov 2016)
Waitrose’s announcement that its pork products will now be fed non-GM European soya comes just ten days after umbrella group GM Freeze launched a campaign highlighting the use of GM animal feed by UK supermarkets (www.feedmethetruth.org). Waitrose already scores better …
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Immediate release (22 Oct 2016)
A damning new assessment of the UK’s top ten supermarkets demonstrated today just how far GM crops have crept unnoticed into the UK food chain. Launching the Feed me the Truth campaign [1], umbrella group GM Freeze ranked supermarkets against …
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Immediate release (21 Mar 2016)
A coalition of farmers, scientists, campaigners and charities has come together to urge the Government to stop the planting of genetically modified (GM) potatoes and “fishy” oil seed plants in the UK this spring. Objecting to open air GM trial …
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Immediate release (26 Mar 2014)
GM Freeze is leading a coalition of organisations in outlining the scientific and other reasons why the UK Government should say “No” to growing genetically modified (GM) Camelina in Hertfordshire as early as next month. [1] Rothamsted Research, a publicly-funded …
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