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14. Greenpeace hits China’s use of children as ‘guinea pig’ for ‘golden rice’

Sat Dec 28, 2013, 03:23 PM

Dec 2013

“It is incredibly disturbing to think that an American research body, in a serious breach of scientific and medical ethics, used children as guinea pigs for genetically engineered food, despite a clear directive against this very experiment issued by Chinese authorities in 2008,” said Fang Lifeng, Sustainable Agriculture campaigner at Greenpeace East Asia.

http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/index.php/en/business/agri-commodities/3602-greenpeace-hits-chinas-use-of-children-as-guinea-pig-for-golden-rice

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China rejects shipments of genetically modified corn [View all] avaistheone1 Dec 2013 OP

Why are we shipping them corn they won't accept? n/t crim son Dec 2013 #1

Probably didn't contain enough melamine for their liking. Orrex Dec 2013 #2

I enjoyed that quote too. avaistheone1 Dec 2013 #5

Really now???? mountain grammy Dec 2013 #6

Not that China hasn't had it's own problems raindaddy Dec 2013 #8

Who knowingly wants that GMO mutant crap ? Berlum Dec 2013 #11

Not enough DDT sprayed on it. santamargarita Dec 2013 #12