FRENCH MPS DEMAND "COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY" INTO INDUSTRY LINKS OF  PRO-GM REPORT AUTHORS

Scientists suspected of a conflict of interest, counter attack launched  Le Figaro Economie February 6, 2003

The tone is rising between those who oppose genetically modified organisms.

'Attac de L'Assemblee Nationale' is a group of French MPs  who are casting doubt on the objectivity of two reports  published in December 2002, one by the French academy of  sciences and the other by the academies of medicine and  pharmacy. Yves Cochet, MP for Paris and former minister of  the environment, and several other MPs are demanding a  "commission of enquiry into the conflict of interests which  dominated the publication of the two reports from the  academies". They are complaining about the links which  several of the authors have with the agri-food industry.

 "We are questioning the conditions upon which these  reports, which advocate lifting the European moratorium on  GMOs, were drafted, in the context of strong pressure from  the US and multinationals", explains Yves Cochet.