News :: Biotechnology
Starved for Food, Zimbabwe Rejects U.S. Biotech Corn
02 Aug 2002
Submitted by: a.h.s. boy Publisher:
Washington Post
Zimbabwe is refusing to accept humanitarian aid in the form of genetically-modified corn. Though much of the nation is starving, the government fears that importing the corn will eventually lead to contamination of their own crops, rendering future corn un-exportable to Europe and other countries that ban genetically-modified crops.
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