Re: transgenic corn

[Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Australia just reported strong infestation of GM canola today.  Canola
has a greater ability to shift its genes to weeds, which has happened
in Canada.

I am glad that the NYT report came out after Chapela got tenure.

On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 11:29:38AM -0700, Jim Devine wrote:
> August 8, 2005/New York TIMES.
> Study Finds No Spread of Altered Corn in Mexico
> By ELISABETH MALKIN
>
> A broad sampling of maize in Oaxaca State, where genetically modified
> corn was detected five years ago, has failed to find any transgenic
> seeds, leading researchers from Mexico and the United States to
> conclude that the bioengineered seeds had not spread widely.
>
> Their report, being published online this week in the Proceedings of
> the National Academy of Sciences (www.pnas.org) is the largest study
> yet of the presence of transgenic corn in Oaxaca.
>
> "Despite the fact that Mexico imports transgenic maize grain for food,
> feed and processing, and despite the expectation that some of this
> grain may be planted in farmers' fields, the introgression of
> transgenes in the sampled area appeared to be negligible in 2003 and
> 2004," the researchers said. Mexico banned planting of genetically
> modified corn in 1998.
>
> --
> Jim Devine
> "An economist is a surgeon with an excellent scalpel and a rough-edged
> lancet, who operates beautifully on the dead and tortures the living."
> -- Nicholas Chamfort

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