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GM bug could end all life

by terminatorseedwatch
Scientist testifies to the NZ Royal Commission on Genetic Modification.
NZ Herald Feb 2001
NZ Herald Feb 2001

All life on earth could be destroyed by genetically modified bacteria, a scientist has told the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification. Four scientists gave evidence for the Green Party at the hearing this week via video link from the US.

Soil ecologist Elaine Ingham spoke about a plant-killing GM bacteria that her Oregon State University team prevented from being released into the environment. She said the alcohol-producing bacteria had been approved for field trials when her team discovered its lethal effects. She believed the widespread plants deaths caused by the bacteria would in turn affect all life on earth.

The GM klebsiella planticola produced alcohol from post-harves crop residue. The left-over organic sludge would be returned to the fields as fertilizer. Dr. Ingham said she had independently tested
the bacteria on plants which the regulatory authority had failed to
do.

After seven days all wheat plants turned to slime This showed the need for better risk asessment of ecological impact.
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