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International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) based in the Philippines. IRRI developed many of the Green Revolution rice strains, and have already began testing their first transgenic rice which is engineered ... many symptoms of illness. Asia receives 80% of its daily calorie intake from rice. Genetically engineered rice strains will make a lot of money for those who own the patented genes, ...
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1st GE seed on UK national seed list
Lorenzo Leongson, Secretary General of the Alyansa ng Magbubukid sa Gitnang Luson said ... against genetic engineering as they learned of planned field tests of blight-resistant rice strains in the Philippine Rice Research Institute in Muñoz, Nueva Ecija. Founded in 1959 under an agreement ...
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GM Rice in Japan
Rice with novel insect resistance genes Along with the numerous commercial Bt rice strains field-tested, novel insect control genes have been used. For example, a trypsin-inhibitor was introduced into rice ... larvae were reported to be controlled by the baculovirus after feeding on the transgenic rice [11]. Rice to control bacterial blight Cecropia moths have potent anti-bacterial peptides in the ...
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Rice in Asia: Too Little Iron, Too Much Arsenic
Rice contributes to an estimated 30 to 60% of the dietary intake of arsenic in polluted regions. There is hope that rice strains can be selected that take in less arsenic than the varieties of rice currently in use. ... iron grain to alleviate iron-deficiency among rice consumers. The high- iron rice varieties currently under development include amplifying the ...
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Say No To GMOs! - 2007 Updates
Biotech Rice Pact Reached GM Rice - Proposed Class Action Attack of the Mutant Rice Industry Tries to Purge Rice Strains German Company Sues U.S. Rice Millers Over Modified Rice Rice Farmer Claims Research Contaminated Crop Court Halts Introduction of GM Rice in the Philippines USDA Report: Rice ...
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Say No To GMOs! - October 2006
U.S. consumption. The U.S. rice harvest is imperiled by the discovery of small amounts of experimental strains of genetically engineered rice in storage facilities holding crops destined for ... to produce Vitamin A. Golden rice contains a gene from the daffodil plant and is unrelated to Bayer's rice, which is engineered with bacteria genes. Two rice strains that were genetically engineered ...
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Genetically Modified Foods: Harmful or Helpful?
However, the grant that funded the creation of these two rice strains was not renewed, perhaps because of the vigorous anti-GM food protesting in Europe, and so this nutritionally-enhanced rice ... contention of the farmers that they involuntarily grew Monsanto-engineered strains when their crops were cross-pollinated shows. One way ...
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Koshland Science Museum - Media
HIV/AIDS, to the search for vaccines that can protect against new strains of the flu. Infectious disease is a global burden, affecting policy decisions and personal health ... its tail. The devastating waves would cease, said the myth, if a large bag of rice were placed on the serpent’s head. Though modern-day predictions and solutions are quite ...
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Koshland Science Museum - Media
HIV/AIDS, to the search for vaccines that can protect against new strains of the flu. Infectious disease is a global burden, affecting policy decisions and personal health ... its tail. The devastating waves would cease, said the myth, if a large bag of rice were placed on the serpent’s head. Though modern-day predictions and solutions are quite ...
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rice | Greenpeace UK
EU rice imports, following the admission in August by the US government that untested strains of GM rice had entered the food chain. Read more » Tags: GM, GM food, rice, bayer, germany ... press office on 020 7865 8255 Tags: GM, agriculture, press releases, farmscale trials, vitamin a rice, rice, GM foods, IRRI GM crops - force feeding the world Feeding the world is an argument ...
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