Publication - February 18, 2007
Annual review of cases of contamination, illegal planting and negative side effects of genetically modified organisms.
GM Contamination Register Report Annual review of cases of contamination, illegal planting and negative side effects of genetically modified organisms
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Executive summary: Genetic Engineering out of control 2006 was the tenth year of the commercial growing of genetically engineered crops. Over these ten years, academic scientists, government officials, farmers, environmentalists and consumers have raised numerous concerns about the threats these crops pose to farming systems, agricultural biological diversity, the environment, and human health. One of the concerns most often raised has been the impossibility of containing these organisms to the fields in which they are planted. Genetically modified organisms (GmOs) are living organisms that reproduce, spread pollen, and produce seed. At any and all points along the production cycle from seed to crop to seed there is a high possibility of contamination. After ten years of commercial growing it is clear that these concerns are well-founded, as contamination events occur on a regular basis.
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