1. Take our oilseed rape, for instance. 2. The sites for planting genetically modified maize and oilseed rape have to be announced in advance. 3. This would be valuable for those crops processed before use, eg, oilseed rape, sugar beet or soya beans. 4. Reading Transport has become the first British bus company to run its buses on a fuel derived from oilseed rape. 5. Environmentalists are expressing doubts about the benefits of using fuel based on oilseed rape in public transport, as in a recent experiment in the UK. 6. Oilseed rape is in plentiful supply because of EC subsidies to producers. 7. We have found no greater frequency of complaints of seasonal allergic-type symptoms in oilseed rape than in non-oilseed rape rural areas. 8. For the moment, it seems unlikely that oilseed rape causes more frequent or more dangerous symptoms to those living nearby than do many other crops. |