Gene-altered rice from China found in EU: greens
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European consumers may be at risk from   unauthorized genetically modified (GMO) rice grown in China   after a biotech strain was found in products sold in three EU   countries, two leading environment groups said on Tuesday.
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The European Union approved on Wednesday the first biotech seeds for planting and sale across EU territory, flying in the face of widespread consumer resistance to genetically modified (GMO) crops and foods.
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BINHU, China, July 14 -- It was early morning when an odd noise awoke Tao Qunxian, a farmer in this village on the banks of Dongting Lake in Hunan province. He looked out his front door to see his entire rice paddy had disappeared overnight. The culprit was a seasonal pest: the eastern field mous...
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Europe's leading food safety agency  advised consumers on Friday that eating rice with trace amounts  of an unauthorised genetically modified (GMO) strain was  unlikely to pose a health risk to humans or animals.
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Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  Chengdu, 24 September: China's seed-breeding satellite, Shijian- 8, successfully landed in Sichuan Province, southwest China, at 10:43 a.m. Beijing time on Sunday after a 15-day flight in space.
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EU biotech experts will debate next  week whether to allow imports of carnations whose color has  been genetically modified, possibly the first new approval of a  GMO plant in eight years, officials said on Friday.
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As study shows organic health benefits Just days after the European Commission gave its stamp of approval to four new GM plants, a report has revealed that the area of Europe's arable land devoted to genetically modified crops has risen by 77 per cent in the last year. The total area of GM cultivation is now 1,000 square kilometres*.â¦
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By Daniela Estrada  SANTIAGO, Dec. 12, 2006 (IPS/GIN) -- In Chile, genetically modified seeds may only be planted to produce crops for export. However, imported GM foods can be eaten here.
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A project is announced to obtain the genetic "barcodes" of all animals and plants on the planet.
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Kansas rice growers get preliminary approval for a large-scale plan to grow genetically altered rice for pharmaceutical purposes. Is it safe? By the Associated Press.
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The Agriculture Department approved for human consumption a type of genetically engineered rice that had contaminated domestic rice supplies last summer.
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A team of researchers from Cornell University, in a study to be summarized in the Nov. 3 issue of the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, found pungent onion varieties like New York Bold, Western Yellow
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WASHINGTON - Researchers have deciphered for the first time the genetic code of a tree, which could lead to new varieties better at producing wood, paper and fuel.
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The Agriculture Department is trying to block the planting and distribution of a long-grain rice seed because it may contain traces of genetically engineered rice, officials said Monday.
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The U.S. Agriculture Department said   on Friday it verified a strip kit that can detect the   unapproved genetically modified Liberty Link rice trait in 10   minutes.
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Science & environment: British scientists led by Robert Winston, who are working on growing replacement organs in genetically-modified farm animals, have moved their work to the US.
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Pollen from a genetically modified grass has been shown to travel up to 21km away from the site where it was orginally planted. This may be the longest recorded distance travelled by any GM pollen, US researchers have claimed.