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2006-04-18 |

EC approved GM crops despite safety fears

New documents released to Friends of the Earth reveal that the European Commission has been approving genetically modified foods and crops despite having serious doubts over their health and environmental impacts. Both Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace have today called for a suspension in the use and sale of all GM foods and crops until the safety issues have been addressed.</p><p><a href="http://www.foeeurope.org/press/2006/joint_18_April_GMOs.htm">Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace: Joint Press Release</a></p><p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4917302.stm">BBC News</a></p><p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/04/18/ugm.xml&sSheet=/portal/2006/04/18/ixportaltop.html">The Daily Telegraph</a>