NATURAL SELECTION IN ACTION

'Worst GM pollution incident' vanishes (Roger Highfield, Telegraph, 08/09/05)

What was billed by the media as the world's worst incident of pollution by genetically-engineered crops, one that provoked a row among scientists, has vanished, says a study published today. . . .

The researchers gathered more than 153,000 seeds from 870 maize plants in 125 fields in Oaxaca, for the first survey of foreign "transgenes" in native varieties, and found no evidence of contamination. The finding surprised the researchers, said Prof Snow, because millions of tons of GM grain were imported from the US each year for processed food and animal feed.

Transgenes in Oaxaca before this study may not have survived, she said. Modern GM varieties may not be hardy in Oaxaca even if they could mate with local plants.

Sounds like an intelligent design.

Posted by David Cohen at August 9, 2005 10:35 AM