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Official radiation monitoring stations in Fukushima unreliable: Greenpeace

Press release | October 23, 2012 at 4:00

Tokyo, Japan, October 23, 2012 – Following new radioactive contamination checks in Fukushima City and the heavily contaminated Iitate(1) last week, Greenpeace has found that official monitoring stations systematically underestimate the radiation...

Farmer Loses Right to Farm GE Free, Monsanto Wins Right to Genetic Pollution

Press release | May 21, 2004 at 0:00

Greenpeace is appalled at the result today in the case of Monsanto versus Percy Schmeiser, a Canadian farmer who Monsanto claims did not acquire a licence to grow his crop of canola. His crop became contaminated by GE canola fields near...

GE Trees Briefing

Publication | May 29, 2008 at 11:13

Genetically engineered trees posespecific environmental risks that are even higher than those of annual crops suchas maize or soy. Trees are long lived, wild and undomesticated species that are partof natural food webs and ecosystems, and hence...

Bayer defends genetic contamination as "Act of God"

Feature story | February 6, 2007 at 13:07

You might blame the dog for eating your homework, or a traffic jam for being late to work. But if you ever find yourself facing a multimillion-dollar class action lawsuit for contaminating the world's number one food crop with an unapproved...

Thai Rice Industry at Risk

Publication | October 12, 2010 at 9:46

Thailand is the largest exporter of rice in the world, and the Thai rice industry is therefore heavily dependent on the perceptions of its export customers. An unintended release of GE rice would disrupt Thailand’s rice grain merchandising...

GE Technology out of control: Greenpeace discovers contamination from Bayer's...

Press release | October 10, 2006 at 14:55

Test results released today by Greenpeace International establish that rice products being sold in the Middle East region have also been contaminated by Bayer's illegal genetically engineered (GE) rice grown in field trials in the United States.

GM Contamination Report Register

Publication | February 19, 2007 at 0:00

Annual review of cases of contamination, illegal planting and negative side effects of genetically modified organisms.

Fences don't stop contamination, but they do stop consultation

Feature story | October 22, 2002 at 0:00

Jim Thomas woke up to another sleepy day in Brussels, but the police were up long before. The day’s mission – protecting the powerful GE seed industry from protestors while they plot the contamination of the European food supply. Jim tells the...

Canola Report

Publication | May 24, 2005 at 0:00

A personal reflection on Fukushima, from a Greenpeace radiation expert

Blog entry by Rianne Teule | March 12, 2013 4 comments

I remember the oppressive feeling around my heart when the first news came about the earthquake and tsunami that hit the Japan coast, including several nuclear power plants, on 11 March 2011. Half a day later it was clear that this...

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