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[permaculture] BBC News - GM plants 'established in the wild'

From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>
To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [permaculture] BBC News - GM plants 'established in the wild'
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 06:03:37 -0400

BBC News - GM plants 'established in the wild'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10859264

"Researchers in the US have found new evidence that genetically modified crop plants can survive and thrive in the wild, possibly for decades.

A University of Arkansas team surveyed countryside in North Dakota for canola. Transgenes were present in 80% of the wild canola plants they found.

They suggest GM traits may help the plants survive weedkillers in the wild."

[permaculture] BBC News - GM plants 'established in the wild', Lawrence F. London, Jr., 08/06/2010