DOUBTS over the safety of genetically modified foods voiced by the British Medical Association were the main reason behind Zambia’s decision to reject food aid last year, says a Zambian scientist who visited Europe this week. Famine still threatens 2.4 million people in Zambia today.
The revelation is significant because a trade war is looming between the US and Europe over GM crops. After Zambia refused the World Food Programme’s shipments of American maize, on the grounds that they contained traces of GM strains, the US accused European governments and non-governmental organisations of “poisoning” opinion in Africa by exaggerating the…
