'Yes, we don't want GM bananas'
LIVING EARTH No 208 Oct-Dec 2001
Shoppers don't want GM bananas under any circumstances according to a new
survey by Fyffes.
In the survey, 769 people were asked if they would buy GM bananas if they were ever on sale in
Britain. A resounding 86 per cent said no. When asked if they would buy GM bananas if they were
proved safe 82 per cent said no.
Even if GM bananas had been proved safe and would reduce the amount of chemicals used in farming 82
per cent still said they still would not buy them.
Interestingly the surveyed shoppers weren't mad on organic bananas either, although 42 per cent weren't sure
why. Only eight per cent of those asked said they ever bought organic bananas but 30 per cent said they
would in the future.