Letter: Engineered crops

Wednesday 10 June 1998 23:02 BST

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Sir: As well as being the Prince of Wales, Prince Charles is an organic farmer. He should have the same right as all other farmers to express concern about developments which may affect his and his employees' livelihood (leading article, 9 June).

One of the major problems of GM crops is that the pollen can be carried anywhere by the wind, so an organic farm downwind of a field planted with GM crops would be contaminated and no longer organic. An organic farmer has a right to highlight this as a threat to his or her business and I'm glad Prince Charles has done so.

JANEY ANTONIOU

Edgware, Middlesex

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