|
Home | |
|
|
|
| GE Info Bulletins | ||
|
||
| Bulletin 30 - Full item | ||
|
||
| Return to Bulletin 30 | ||
|
||
Kyodo News: GM Corn, soybeans found growing wild
Story in The Japan Times 2004-12-14 (Tuesday)
TSUKUBA, Ibaraki Pref. (Kyodo) Genetically modified corn and soybeans have been found growing wild near Shimizu port in Shizuoka Prefecture, citizens' groups opposing GM foods said Monday.
The groups also said GM rapeseed has been found growing wild near Fukuoka's Hakata port. Members of the groups suspect the plant was spilled during the transport process.
The discovery of GM rapeseed follows its detection at ports in Ibaraki, Chiba, Kanagawa, Aichi, Mie and Hyogo prefectures.
"Corn and soybean seeds are less likely to disperse than rapeseed, and it's amazing that they grow wild," said Masaharu Kawata, a lecturer of chemical biology at Yokkaichi University in Mie Prefecture.
Groups including Stop GM Seeds Network Japan conducted the study by collecting the plants and testing them.
The GM corn includes genes that kill insects such as moth worms, while the GM soybeans are engineered to be more resistant to weed killer.
Web Link: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5
?nn20041214a1.htm
Note that direct links to the source are provided wherever
possible. Otherwise, a link to a web-posted copy on a 3rd party site is
given.
Sometimes these links will expire, so the above archived copy will be
the only reference.
** NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed for research and educational purposes only. **
|
|||
|
From The
GE Information Service Hard copies
of the Bulletin are available. The GE
Information Bulletin is a project of the GE Information Service.
It presents a regular digest of significant information from an
international range of sources. |
|
|
|
|
|||