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Whoops. Genetic Engineering leak continues to cost.

Blog entry by Glen Tyler | 9 April, 2011 1 comment

Bayer, the company that wants the world to eat Genetically Engineered (GE) rice, recently had to fork over more money for contaminating the US rice supply with an experimental, unapproved rice variety in 2006. Recently, Riceland...

GE contamination – it’s not worth the risk

Blog entry by Janet Cotter | 14 July, 2011 9 comments

The growing of genetically engineered (GE) crops is something that Greenpeace has long opposed, due to the risks posed to both human health and the environment, and unwanted contamination of our food due to the difficulties of...

Don’t mention the spill!

Blog entry by gtyler | 22 June, 2010 6 comments

What do oil and genetically engineered (GE) rice have in common? The ability to get multinationals in a whole lot of trouble, apparently. BP is battling the oil spill in the Gulf and desperately trying to employ some sort of brand...

Bayer finally gets the message – we don’t want GE!

Blog entry by gtyler | 24 June, 2010 4 comments

It has taken a long time - 8 years to be precise. In 2002 Bayer first applied for approval for Brazilian farmers to be allowed to grow their genetically engineered (GE) rice . The only problem with their plan is that Brazilian rice...

Bayer Report Image

Image | 6 April, 2009 at 19:57

Bayer Report Image

We protested against GE maize in 1999

Image | 26 July, 1999 at 3:00

We protested against GE maize in 1999 - 5 years later Bayer withdraws the crop from the UK.

Meeting the "3 Musketeers": Ministers guarding GE Free Luxembourg

Blog entry by mwilson | 7 April, 2010 1 comment

26th of March, Luxembourg city Luxembourg Minister of Health, Mr Bartolomeo signing our GE-Free Future bus. Early wake up again as today was the press conference day at the agriculture Ministry. Greenpeace Luxembourg has...

Bayer punished in order to deter GE field trials

Blog entry by danielkramb | 16 March, 2010 2 comments

Greenpeace supporters and local farmers are harvesting the black rice variety of organic rice in Ratchaburi. © Greenpeace / Athit Perawongmetha Last week was a tough one for companies pedaling GE crops across the world. Monsanto ...

Bayer GE rice

Image | 6 February, 2007 at 11:29

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

Obsolete pesticide dumped in Nepal being

Image | 15 January, 2002 at 2:00

Obsolete pesticide dumped in Nepal being cleaned up by Greenpeace activists.

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