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Greenpeace activists put Braila island, on the Danube river, under quarantine, after Greenpeace field investigations revealed that illegal Genetically Modified (GMO) Soya, is being grown and harvested there. Enlarge Image

Island contaminated by illegal GMO

Environmental activists today placed an entire island under strict quarantine after finding illegal genetically modified (GMO) soya being grown there.

According to Bayer, 'acts of God' were to blame for the contamination of rice with their experimental GE variety. Enlarge Image

Bayer defends genetic contamination as "Act of God"

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 genetically engineered variety, just do what biotech company Bayer does. Blame God!

One million signatures wind their way to the European Commission in Brussels. Enlarge Image

One Million People Waiting

European citizens have long rejected genetically engineered (GE) food in their supermarkets but under the current EU labelling laws, animal products such as milk, meat and eggs coming from animals fed with GE feed can be sold without any labels warning of their GE content. One million people across the Europe Union (EU) want that to change.

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Banned: GE Rice Imports

Just weeks after we uncovered US rice on supermarket shelves in Europe contained illegal genetically engineered (GE) rice, the scandal keeps growing with more illegal GE rice being discovered. In the latest blow for the GE industry, the world's largest rice processing company has stopped importing US rice into Europe due to the threat of contamination.

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