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GE papaya in the dock in Thailand court case

Greenpeace volunteers remove genetically modified contaminated fruit from a Puna farm on Big Island Hawaii. Enlarge Image

Global Alarm Over GE Papaya Grows as Hawaii Market Spirals Downward

25 May 2006

Several local farmers and native Hawaiian activists joined Greenpeace experts today in decontaminating an organic farm in Hawaii that has been tainted with genetically engineered (GE) papaya from nearby commercial farms. The farm was sealed off with signs reading, 'GE Papaya Restricted Area' as volunteers in hazmat suits removed trees, fruits and seeds from the scene.

Polish GE seed ban

18 May 2006

Greenpeace welcomed the ban on the sale of genetically engineered (GE) seeds, which was approved yesterday by the President of Poland Lech Kaczynski. The signing by the President was the final step for the GE ban to come into force, the legislation was approved by both chambers of the Polish Parliament in previous weeks.

Organic Spanish farmers are burning their maize harvest after it was revealed that it had been contaminated by nearby fields of genetically engineered maize. Enlarge Image

GE Contamination in Spain: a warning for Europe

04 April 2006

The spiralling uptake of Genetically Engineered (GE) crops in Spain is causing massive genetic contamination, threatens the livelihood of farmers and urgently needs to be suspended, says Greenpeace. In a new report 'Impossible Coexistence', environmentalists (1) show how GE crops in Spain - the only EU country that grows Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) on a large scale - are undermining agricultural biodiversity and consumer choice.

Swiss vote 'no' to genetically engineered crops

27 November 2005

In a referendum today the Swiss public (1) voted in favour of a national ban on growing genetically engineered (GE) crops for five years (2).

GE papaya found in local farm

30 July 2004

Greenpeace today revealed that genetically engineered (GE) papaya has been grown for at least 12 months on a farm in the province of Khon Kaen in a widening GE contamination scandal and violation of the country's GE ban. The revelation is part of the environmental group's ongoing investigation of GE papaya seeds illegally sold by the agricultural research station of the Department of Agriculture (DOA) in the said province.

Greenpeace Thai activists seal off the GE papaya at the Khon Kaen agricultural research station of the Department of Agriculture. Enlarge Image

GMO papaya scandal in Thailand

27 July 2004

Greenpeace, today, sealed off an experimental field of genetically engineered (GE) papaya at the agricultural research station of the Department of Agriculture in the province of Khon Kaen, declaring it the source of genetic contamination of one of the country's most important staple foods.

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