Allison Wilson and Jonathan Latham Many genetic engineers have long resented the regulatory procedures imposed on transgenic crop plants, often arguing that there is no difference between the risks arising from transgenic plants and plants …
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Transgene Escape! – But No One Has Called Out the Guards
Doug Gurian-Sherman of the Centre for Food Safety Introduction One route by which transgenes (the genes engineered into crops) may cause harm is by permanently escaping from agricultural environments into wild or natural areas. This …
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Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson Transgene escape has again become a major biosafety and financial issue. On 18 August the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) revealed that non-transgenic long grain rice in the US was …
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