Warning over UK's first GM potatoes as ministers back 'Frankenstein food' trial in Norfolk | Mail Online: "The first British field trial of genetically modified potatoes was planted yesterday - in defiance of public opinion and complaints from green campaigners.
The test, funded by the taxpayer, is designed to create a crop resistant to a serious disease called late blight.
But critics argue the experiment is a waste of public money because blight-resistant potatoes produced through natural techniques already exist.
They also say the GM crops could be a risk to food safety."
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