[deek]

Hi guys (says he shuffling about in the background).

I have been following some of these recent comments with interest, but have been unable to fully digest the content of all the posts due to time constraints (been a wee bit too busy of late). So if you will please excuse me jumping in without full appreciation of your views.

In my opinion, co-existence cannot work due to gene leakage from neighbouring crops (cross pollination between conventional and GM crops). This is compounded by the exceptionally long dormancy period of some seeds that escape from the contaminated crop and are left behind in the field.

I appreciate from an auditing perspective that a small percentage of cross-contamination is considered acceptable and will not compromise the classification of the crop being grown (i.e. organic crops would still be classified as organic). However, from an environmental perspective there can only be zero tolerance (i.e. zero contamination).

So, from an environmental perspective (and a practical viewpoint) I fail to see how co-existence can work.