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'Don't Worry It Is Safe To Eat'
by Andrew Rowell


As the UK government continues to wriggle over weapons of mass destruction, of sexing up dossiers and general spin, Tony Blair argues that there is no greater charge against a prime minister than for him to have personally falsified claims on which to take a country to war.

That may be so, but another grave charge would be personally ordering the sacking of a scientist who was involved in some of the first independent tests on GM, especially if those tests showed evidence of harm, and also especially if the orders came from Monsanto, via the White House. This is what Dr. Arpad Pusztai, who raised concerns about GM food in 1998, claims happened to him.

Five people have said that they were told that Tony Blair ordered the sacking of Dr. Pusztai.

Here is Dr. Pusztai's story. It raises many unanswered questions about new Labour, its link to the biotech industry and the safety of GM food.

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