The GMO contamination issue is about to get a lot more dangerous with the introduction of transgenic crops that produce pharmaceutical and industrial compounds. Some of the products being tested include a protein for an experimental AIDS vaccine, herpes treatments, contraceptives and cancer drugs. Since 1991, more than 300 field trials of such crops have taken place in the open environment,… return to article
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