2013-06-10 | permalink

National Institute of Environmental Research maps unapproved GM crops growing in South Korea

According to a report by a government-affiliated institute, there has been a significant increase in the number of cases of prohibited genetically modified crops being released into the natural environment during the process of import and distribution. [...] the National Institute of Environmental Research collected 626 samples of four main genetically modified crops (corn, soybeans, cotton, and rapeseed) in 2012 from the area around major ports in Korea where imported GMCs are unloaded, around factories where GMCs are processed, around livestock breeding areas (the final consumer of GMC feed), and along the routes by which GMCs are transported from ports to the final consumer. Analysis of these samples found genetically modified DNA in 42 samples from 19 regions.

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