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Lithuania contra GMO
12.04.2007 15:38 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
The ministry of an environment of Lithuania has given up to the American company of biotechnologies in right to lead in this Baltic state field tests with cultivation of genetically modified corn.
It is remarkable, that Americans have appeared the second within one week who has received the negative answer from the Lithuanian authorities on the similar request: hardly before the German company " BASF Plant Science GmbH " have not allowed to grow up on the Lithuanian ground in the scientific purposes genetically modified years(summer) raps.
It is not excluded, that so to act(arrive) the Lithuanian officials have compelled(forced) protests of local population. So, representatives «green» have lead picket at a building of parliament of Lithuania, and also have begun petition under requirement to give to Lithuania " freedom from GMO ".
It is not surprising, that members of parliament have supported voters, expressed as a result the negative opinion in occasion of prospects of cultivation of genetically modified organisms in the country. As the same days it became known and about results of the sociological interrogation, devoted to the attitude(relation) of inhabitants of Lithuania to GMO. It has appeared, that almost 60 % interrogated critically concern to genetically modified organisms, and 69 % do not use Hm-products.
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