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NOTE: These two pieces from the Flemish newspaper, De Morgen, give the lie to the claims made following the protest last weekend in Wetteren, in Belgium, that the destruction of a GM potato trial represents an unjustifiable attack on independent science. What emerges strongly from both pieces is a clear sense of powerful political and financial interests underlying this technology, in Wetteren just as much as St. Louis, and the way in which “independent science” is being remorselessly shaped by such interests in the field of biotechnology.

The “translations” below were done by us with the help of Google translate, so are very far from authoritative. We hope they capture something of the spirit of these two important pieces, but they’re likely to be pretty inexact. Any corrections welcome. 

For more on what happened last weekend see: http://www.gmwatch.org/latest-listing/1-news-items/13201 — — 1.Why we protested on Sunday in Wetteren De Morgen, 3 June 1911 http://www.demorgen.be/dm/nl/2461/De-Gedachte/article/detail/1273671/2011/06/03/Waarom-wij-zondag-actie-voerden-in-Wetteren.dhtml

In this open letter to their colleagues, a group of researchers from Wetteren, working at various academic institutions, explain why they sided with the activists.

Save science, not biotech

The application of genetic engineering is strongly intertwined with its global political and economic context. Scientists can not and must not be blind to it.