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GM TRIALS FLAWED FROM OUTSET - DOUGHTY

Former Environment Secretary, Michael Meacher, yesterday revealed to the Environmental Audit Select Committee that the farm scale trials of GM crops were flawed from the outset, as the organisation conducting the trials knew that the herbicide used - Atrazine - was to be banned.

30 Oct 2003
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Mike Pringle MSP

SCOTLAND: PRINGLE UNVEILS PLASTIC BAG POLLUTION LEVY PLAN

Edinburgh South MSP Mike Pringle has unveiled a proposal to lodge a Members Bill in the Scottish Parliament to introduce a levy on disposable plastic bags. The plan would mean that plastic bag use would be greatly reduced, with major benefits for the environment.

28 Oct 2003
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