"the most serious genetic contamination event"

[donsu]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10339792

Australian crops face 'serious genetic contamination'


- Environmentalists say Australia is facing "the most serious genetic contamination event" in its history, after the West Australian government confirmed low levels of genetically modified canola had been found in non-GM canola.

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It is believed the modification found in Victoria, known as Topas 19/2 and developed by Bayer CropScience, was also found in the WA sample tested.

Following today's announcement, Greenpeace Australia campaigner Jeremy Tager said state governments must now take immediate action to protect Australia's GM free status.

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Julie Newman, from the Network of Concerned Farmers, said if the contamination was confirmed, the problem must be isolated and removed because GM-free status was too valuable to lose.
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[jilln]

1. my first thought: breeding with conservatives?

j/k

[jokerman93]

2. Could this be corporate terrorism?

If the engineers of the modified species have intellectual copyrights on their product, and the product eventually overcomes the less resilient natural species...well wouldn't that, in the end, be great for market share?

Of course it was all a big mistake, but what a potentially profitable mistake!

[Supersedeas]

4. its only terrorism is people know enough to be afraid

[jokerman93]

5. Well I don't know about you but

This kind of news makes me very uneasy. Terrified? Not yet. How about you?

[slackmaster]

3. Language nit: There is no such thing as a "canola" plant

The proper name for the source of Canola oil is rape.