genetically modified corn
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I have never supported Brexit, except for one thing: it freed the UK from the harmful shackles of European Union agricultural policy, including bans on genetically modified crops. I have always believed that this is more based on emotion than science. Science has won in post-Brexit Britain.
Last year, the Gene Technology (Precision Breeding) Act came into force in the UK, allowing the development of gene-edited crops and animals. This is not a gene editing approach and is not full GM, allowing insertion of genes from other species…
