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Greenpeace activists protest on a barge in Rotterdam harbour containing illegal US GM rice.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In an astonishing outburst, a Government minister has accused opponents of genetic modification of being ‘wicked’, reports the BBC.<\/span><\/p>\n

Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for\u00a0Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Rt Hon Owen Paterson, MP, made the comments in an interview in the Independent newspaper<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

He was referring in particular to so-called ‘Golden Rice’ which has vitamin A added by genetic modification.<\/p>\n

Mr Paterson told The Independent that NGOs such as Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth that oppose GM technology were \u201ccasting a dark shadow over attempts to feed the world\u201d.<\/p>\n

And he backed an open letter signed by a group of eminent international scientists calling for the rapid rollout of vitamin A-enhanced rice which he believes will help prevent the cause of up to a third of the world\u2019s child deaths.<\/p>\n

\"Owen<\/a>
Owen and Rose Paterson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just disgusting that little children are allowed to go blind and die because of a hang-up by a small number of people about this technology,\u201d he said. \u201cI feel really strongly about it. I think what they do is absolutely wicked.\u201d<\/p>\n

The BBC says, in its story on Mr Paterson’s claim<\/a><\/strong>, that opponents of GM rice can point to\u00a0the World Health Organisation’s advocacy of routine administration of vitamin A supplements\u00a0in countries where deficiency is a problem.<\/p>\n

‘Vitamin A is needed for healthy skin and eyes and to help strengthen the immune system so that the body can fight infections. Deficiency can lead to blindness, illness and death,’ the BBC article went on.<\/p>\n

‘People in the developed usually world get enough vitamin A from their diet by eating foods like cheese, yoghurts and eggs, but\u00a0deficiency is a common problem in developing countries, and is estimated to affect between 140 million and 250 million children under the age of five.’<\/p>\n

\"Bill<\/a>
Bill Gates reportedly owns 500,000 Monsanto shares<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The rice would be made available only in the developing world. \u00a0The European Union has put such a break on the development of GM crops in member states that Monsanto has retreated into conventional plant breeding in Europe and\u00a0has said it will no longer seek approval of its products across the Union.<\/p>\n

There are no commercial GM crops in Britain, and there is only one active field trial, currently being grown under tight security at Rothamsted Research in Hertfordshire. \u00a0<\/span>Across the EU, only two GM crops have been sanctioned for commercial planting.<\/p>\n

That is in contrast to the United States, where GM\u00a0corn (maize), soybeans, cotton, oil-seed rape and squash are commercially grown with around 85% of cotton and 50% of maize being\u00a0GM. \u00a0Opposition has had only limited success<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0Resistance is said to be growing in the developing world, despite heavy promotion by the Gates Foundation and United States Embassies world wide of GM crops manufactured by US giants Monsanto and Dupont. \u00a0With Swiss firm Syngenta, they together account for 47% of the global proprietary seed market<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Owen Paterson became well-known for his opposition to gay marriage, and has also voted against civil partnerships, homosexuals adopting children, giant casinos, identity cards, hate-speech laws, the production of ‘saviour siblings’, and animal-human hybrids. \u00a0He voted in 2008 to limit abortion to 12 weeks, the most ‘pro-life’ option on offer at the time.<\/p>\n

So how come Mr Paterson finds himself so emotionally attached to the bad guys in the GM debate?<\/p>\n

The Register of Parliamentary Interests merely records him accepting small-scale hospitality from Betfair<\/a><\/strong>, New Century Media<\/a><\/strong> and\u00a0Co-operation Ireland<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to go to Ascot and other posh parties. \u00a0He has not declared being on the pay-roll of any bio-tech company.<\/p>\n

\"Matthew,<\/a>
Matthew, Viscount Ridley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But Christian Voice has discovered that Owen Paterson is the brother-in-law, through his wife Rose, of Matthew, Viscount Ridley. \u00a0Matthew Ridley is visiting professor at Cold Spring Habor Laboratory<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0And what do they do? \u00a0The answer is: genetic modification of plants.<\/p>\n

The Cold Harbor website proudly proclaims<\/a><\/strong>: ‘CSHL has taken part in numerous plant genome sequencing projects including\u00a0Arabidopsis<\/em>, rice, sorghum and maize, as well as epigenomic sequencing and profiling.\u00a0 We are part of the iPlant Cyberinfrastructure consortium and the Long Island Biofuels Alliance. The Laboratory owns 12 acres of farmland nearby called Uplands Farm. Here, an expert staff raises maize, tomato and\u00a0Arabidopsis<\/em>\u00a0plants for study.’<\/p>\n

Quite simply, it appears Owen Paterson has had his ear bent by his fellow land-owning aristocratic brother-in-law. As my dear late mother used to say, ‘It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.’ \u00a0Quite. \u00a0Or perhaps as the Bible says:<\/p>\n

Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.<\/strong><\/p>\n

God’s created order was given us for a purpose:<\/p>\n

Psalm 104:14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;<\/strong><\/p>\n

Woe betide us if we interfere with it. \u00a0We shall do so at our peril.<\/p>\n

Gen 1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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