Gene-Spliced Wheat Stirs Global Fears (washingtonpost.com) Gene-Spliced Wheat Stirs Global Fears
Buyers Spurn Grain Before It's Planted
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By Marc Kaufman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, February 27, 2001; Page A01
Agricultural scientists have developed the first genetically engineered variety of wheat designed for sale to farmers, stirring intense controversy around the globe years before it is expected to come onto the market.
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Instead of focusing on making genetic crops more impervious to the dangerous and expensive chemicals Monsanto sells, why not just engineer in the resistance to disease/insects right from the get-go?
Monsanto better be careful or they're going to end up with a backlash that will make Chernobyl look like a summer camp fire.