Vandalism against genetically modified plants has plagued Britain’s crop-research institutions, according to preliminary findings of a survey by Sense About Science, a nonprofit organization that does research on scientific issues of public interest.
Ten leading institutes, including the John Innes Center, in Norwich, and the Scottish Crop Research Institute, in Dundee, collectively reported 28 vandalism incidents between January 1999 and April 2003. Most of the attacks were on field trials, and the disruption cost as much as $11,700 per trial. Many additional attacks occurred against individual farmers carrying out government research projects.
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