07.11.2003 |

Bayer GM canola contaminates wheat fields

GM canola plants were discovered in a conventional wheat crop near Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.NSW Agriculture investigators are deciding whether to destroy a trial being run by Bayer CropScience after the flowering plants were found in a buffer zone containing the wheat. Leaked departmental documents show attempts to control the escaped canola with pesticides were unsuccessful and trial workers had to try to remove the plants by hand.</p><p><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/06/1068013332179.html">Call for more safeguards as GM canola crop found in wheat - www.smh.com.au</a>