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Outdoors 'pharming' of drugs risks contamination

Last edited 7 September 2001 at 8:00am
7 September, 2001
A bee collects pollen from GM cropsOpen field trials of genetically modified (GM) rice containing human genes are being carried out in the heart of the California's traditional rice growing region, according to Greenpeace. The experiment is being carried out to produce pharmaceuticals.


Volunteers from the international environmental group marked out the field with giant syringes to highlight the risk of growing drug-producing GM crops outdoors. No special effort to protect the environment and the food chain had been made.

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The future of agriculture

Last edited 18 April 2001 at 8:00am

A field of organic crops

A field of organic crops

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Genetically modified 'Golden rice' not to be released into the environment within the next five years, admits International Rice

Last edited 20 March 2001 at 9:00am
20 March, 2001
Solution - Organic agriculture in actionThe International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has confirmed to Greenpeace that it has no plans to release genetically modified (GM) so-called "Golden Rice" into the environment. Field trials are unlikely to take place within the next five years.
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Clarification of the Greenpeace policy on Golden rice

Last edited 14 February 2001 at 9:00am
Greenpeace - taking action against GMYou may have been slightly confused by recent media reports that Greenpeace will not take direct action against so called golden rice. The reason for this misunderstanding is that a Greenpeace campaigner made comments at a press conference in Lyons that were linked in ways that he did not intend.
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Funder admits pro-GM public relations campaign has 'gone too far'

Last edited 12 February 2001 at 9:00am
12 February, 2001
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Correspondence from The Rockefeller Foundation

Last edited 11 February 2001 at 9:00am
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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
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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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The false promise of genetically

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

News about a "Golden Rice" first appeared in August 1999, when scientists announced they had succeeded in genetically engineering a rice variety to contain Beta-Carotene (or pro-Vitamin A), a compound that our body can convert into Vitamin A.

The scientists said they hope that this genetically engineered (GE) rice would be an important tool to fight Vitamin A Deficiency (VAD), a malnutrition problem which affects millions of people in poor countries, especially children and pregnant women...

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GM golden rice is no response to world hunger

Last edited 13 June 2000 at 8:00am

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