GM rice

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Check your rice is GM free

Last edited 28 September 2006 at 8:00am
Contact your supermarket and ask if the rice you've bought is free from GM contamination

Contact your supermarket and ask if the rice you've bought is free from GM contamination

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GM rice contamination reaches the UK

Posted by jamie — 5 September 2006 at 8:00am - Comments
Greenpeace has discovered illegal GM (Genetically Modified) rice from China has contaminated food products brought in the UK.

Greenpeace has discovered illegal GM (Genetically Modified) rice from China has contaminated food products brought in the UK.

Illegal, genetically modified (GM) rice - unapproved for human consumption and containing a toxin that may cause allergic reactions in humans - has been found in food products in the UK, Germany and France.

Article tagged as: bayer, china, GM, GM rice, UK

Illegal GE rice contamination spreads to major Chinese city

Last edited 13 June 2005 at 8:00am
13 June, 2005

Beijing - Greenpeace has discovered illegal genetically modified rice in Guangzhou, the largest city in Southern China, raising fears that the untested GM rice is spreading out of control and has entered the food chain in major Chinese cities.

The new evidence was revealed only weeks after Greenpeace exposed the growing of illegal GM rice in Hubei Province.(1) Chinese officials announced they would conduct an investigation into the scandal but it appears that no action has yet been taken - meanwhile contamination appears to be spreading.

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Genetically engineered rice: illegal and unwanted in China

Last edited 13 April 2005 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
21 March, 2005

Summary

Greenpeace has discovered that GE rice seeds have been sold and grown commercially for a number of years. The GE rice is illegal, and has not been approved as safe for either human consumption or the environment. It has entered the Chinese food chain and environment, and may have contaminated Chinese rice exports.

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GM Golden Rice is no response to world hunger

Last edited 23 October 2001 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
30 June, 2001

Developing a new variety of rice would not tackle the key cause of vitamin A deficiency. The real causes of hunger and malnutrition are poverty, poor food distribution, lack of land and resources to grow food, and a failure of political will. Experience with 'green revolution' crop varieties suggests that their introduction often results in the use of expensive external inputs - fertilisers and chemical pesticides, without which the crops fail.

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Correspondence from The Rockefeller Foundation

Last edited 11 February 2001 at 9:00am
Publication date: 
11 February, 2001

Peter Melchett wrote suggesting that it would be useful if I responded to the report by Dr. Vandana Shiva entitled "The Golden Rice Hoax". I am pleased to do so and I am also enclosing background information on Vitamin A deficiency disorders and the Foundation's role in the development of Golden Rice that you may find informative.

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The myth of Golden Rice debunked

Last edited 11 February 2001 at 9:00am
Publication date: 
11 February, 2001

"The public relations' uses of Golden Rice have gone too far. The industry's advertisements and the media in general seem to forget that it is a research product that needs considerable further development before it will be available to farmers and consumers."

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