Greenpeace destroys GM wheat trial in Australia

[n2doc]

by David Tribe on 13 July 2011
Greenpeace destroys GM wheat
Jessica Nairn, ABC Radio 666 Canberra
Updated July 14, 2011 11:08:36

Greenpeace protesters have broken into a CSIRO experimental farm in Canberra to destroy a crop of genetically modified wheat.

In the early hours of this morning a group of Greenpeace protesters scaled the fence of the CSIRO experimental station at Ginninderra in the capital’s north.

Greenpeace says activists were wearing Hazmat protective clothing and were equipped with weed string trimmers.

They say the entire crop of genetically modified wheat has been destroyed.

About half a hectare of GM wheat is being grown on the site, as part of Australia’s first outdoor trials.

more
http://www.biofortified.org/2011/07/greenpeace-destroy-gm-wheat-trial/

[GliderGuider]

1. Nice!

As a fan of direct action, I give this one a :thumbsup:

[LiberalEsto]

2. I admire their courage nt

[PDJane]

3. I admire their courage and their sense.

[FogerRox]

4. I'd a just sprayed it with.... oh wait ... nevermind

[wtmusic]

5. LOL "wearing Hazmat protective clothing"

Idiots.

[JoeyT]

7. Depends on what the wheat was being engineered for.

If it was resistance to roundup or other herbicides, they were probably right to hazmat, since a test would probably use concentrations way beyond what you'd actually ever come in contact with using it to kill weeds. The employees likely wear suits too.

[wtmusic]

6. .

[Odin2005]

8. That they were wearing HAZMAT SUITS shows how much of Anti-GMO BS is ignorant scaremongering.