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Victory: South Africa Rejects GM Potato


Health & Wellness  (tags: GMOs. genetically modified, potatoes, prevention, protection, research, risks, safety, health, food, government, science, news, interesting, ethics, diet )

Elena
- 44 days ago - allafrica.com
New Victory for the Potato! October 2009: South Africa's GM body, the Executive Council (EC), has rejected attempts by the Agriculture Research Council (ARC) to bring GM potatoes onto the market.
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Tierney G. (308)
Tuesday October 20, 2009, 8:20 am
This is great news! It seems as if the US is not educated enough as to the problems of GM crops. Most likely it is the money running these frankencrops. More US citizens need to be educated on this!
Thanks Elena
 

Elena P. (505)
Tuesday October 20, 2009, 8:21 am
They have more sense and brains than our Canadian fellas, eh?
 

Zen Whisperingtree (107)
Tuesday October 20, 2009, 8:47 am
That is really great news Elena, especially since the South Africans have been very lax about GM foods up until now. Thanks for posting.
 

Elena P. (505)
Thursday October 22, 2009, 6:10 am
Every victory counts - big or small. Thank you!
 

Chaz Gaily Berlusconi (252)
Thursday October 22, 2009, 10:03 am
Thanxxx this makes me proud to live in South Africa.. I hope others will be brave enough to say no
 

Karen S. (97)
Thursday October 22, 2009, 11:27 am
Wow...this is terrific news Elena. You might expect something like this from Europe, but not South Africa.
 

Elena P. (505)
Thursday October 22, 2009, 11:30 am
"You cannot currently send a star to Chaz Gaily or Karen because you have done so within the last week."
 
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