Brussels, 08/02/2001 (Agence Europe) - The Union's Scientific Committee on Plants has just passed down a positive opinion on the harmless effects of a new variety of genetically modified oilseed rape (event Liberator pHeo6/Ac) tolerant to the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium. At the end of a risk assessment of this transgenic plant while awaiting the authorisation for placing it no the market in the Union, the Committee concluded that there was no evidence to indicate that the cultivation of...