More money for scientific and technological discoveries simply assisted other countries to exploit them, Sir Douglas told British Telecom managers. Most British scientists, particularly academic scientists, suffered from a British Empire syndrome.
"They argue that if research in any field of science and technology is being carried out anywhere in the world then it should be financed in Britain too," he said.
Instead of spreading research money too thinly, Britain should be monitoring . . . findings in other countries, particularly the United States and Japan, he said. Together with research on improving innovation, that would be better value for money.
I am afraid that it indicates a continued chemical approach to agriculture rather than a biological approach. Once things start this way, it's hard to stop....
"We are raising questions about the environmental risks and the fact that not much assessment of the industry is going on. But biotechnology ...
