[MPWG] FYI -- "Pharma crops" study, Union of Concerned Scientists

[Cafesombra at aol.com]

_http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_environment/biotechnology/page.cfm?pageID=1561
_ 
(http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_environment/biotechnology/page.cfm?pageID=1561) 
 
"A Growing Concern addresses the challenge of  protecting the U.S. food 
supply from contamination by crops genetically  engineered to produce drugs and 
industrial substances ("pharma" crops). Six  experts commissioned by the Union of 
Concerned Scientists (UCS) to analyze this  problem concluded that corn and 
soybean cannot be used as pharma crops while  preventing contamination of the 
food supply--unless substantial changes are made  to the commodity production 
and management practices applied to pharma  crops..." 
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.plantconservation.org/pipermail/mpwg_lists.plantconservation.org/attachments/20041231/7b7271d8/attachment.html>