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December 1998

Monsanto Response To Breach Of Consent - Lincolnshire
17/12/98, Monsanto Company
We regret the breach of consent that took place at the trial in Lincolnshire. In cooperation with DETR and MAFF, we took immediate steps to limit any potential environmental impact.

Letter To ABC News
17/12/98, Monsanto Company
On December 15, 1998, ABC World News Tonight aired a story introduced with the tag line "Milk Causes Cancer." This story contained numerous inaccuracies and false claims that were plainly refuted in materials provided to ABC News by Monsanto prior to the airing of this report.

Role For New Green Crops
05/12/98, Eastern Daily Press
Professor Derek Burke was concerned that Britain and Europe may be left behind in the application of the emerging technology around the world.

Path Is Clearing For GM Crop Expansion In UK
04/12/98, Farmers Weekly
Genetically modified crops promise much. But while producers overseas reap their benefits, they are slow to arrive on EU farms.

High Time To Explain GMOs To Consumers
04/12/98, Farmers Weekly
Growers around the world are beginning to reap the benefits of genetically modified crops. The lack of such crop opportunities on EU farms could put UK growers at a disadvantage.

Field of Genes
02/12/98, Royal Agricultural Society of England
As a biologist and science writer who has watched the development of genetic engineering from the start, I see genetic modification (GM) as just the latest technology to serve the massive intensification of agriculture. There is nothing new about either the benefits it promises or the risks it threatens, many of which are already upon us.