"Frankendrugs" with Human Genes Spliced into California Rice

London/Washington, 7th September, 2001 - Open field trials of genetically engineered (GE) rice containing human genes are being carried out in the heart of the California's traditional rice growing region, according to Greenpeace. The experiment is being carried out to produce pharmaceuticals. Activists from the international environmental group marked out the field with giant syringes to highlight the risk of growing drug-producing GE crops outdoors. No special effort to protect the environment and the food chain had been made.

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