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Greenpeace protestors destroy Australian GM wheat trial
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. No genetically modified wheat strain had ever been approved for cropping in Australia before.
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia (ABC): Greenpeace destroys GM wheat
- Stock & Land, Australia: GM activists should be prosecuted: Cobb
- Cosmos, Australia: Greenpeace targets CSIRO crops
- Herald Sun, Australia: Greenpeace attacks Canberra GM wheat crop
- Xinhua, China: Greenpeace Australia destroys GM wheat over health concerns
- Agence France Press, France (AFP): Eco-activists destroy Australia GM wheat crop
- Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Australia: A mum takes action against GM wheat
