Secrecy and Lies: Government Collusion with the GMO Biotechnology Sector in Britain | Global Research

Secrecy and Lies: Government Collusion with the GMO Biotechnology Sector in Britain | Global Research

In 2012, the current British
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary Owen Paterson called
concerns over the use of GM foods “complete nonsense” in an outright
attack on valid concerns about GMOs (1). Since then, through comments
and speeches, he has consistently voiced unqualified support for the GM
food industry.

MP Zac Goldsmith is a member of the Conservative Party to which Paterson also belongs and has accused his fellow party member of making “nonsensical” claims and as
being a puppet of the industry. He has stated that Paterson has
swallowed the industry line hook, line and sinker and fears that big
agribusiness is framing the debate for the government in order to secure
control over the food chain (2).

Paterson seems to be blissfully unaware of, or is content to ignore,
the devastating, deleterious health, environmental, social and
agricultural impacts of GMOs as detailed in this article: http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-realities-of-gmo-and-petro-chemical-agriculture-allergies-toxins-new-diseases/5367760

In a recent report by in the Daily Mail newspaper in Britain, it is
claimed that Paterson’s support for GMOs is being carried out in
partnership with the Agricultural Biotechnology Council (ABC), which is
financed by GM companies such as Monsanto, Syngenta and Bayer
CropScience (3). The revelations come weeks after it was revealed that a
group of scientists behind an official government study backing GM all
had links to the industry (4).