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Tons of Experimental Biotech Corn Mistakenly Sent to Farmers
By Paul Elias, The Associated Press
Published: March 23, 2005 06:37
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Excerpt: {magazine_leadin}SAN FRANCISCO—Swiss biotechnology company Syngenta AG said Tuesday it mistakenly sold to farmers an experimental corn seed genetically engineered to resist bugs that was never approved by U.S. regulators, bolstering critics’ claims that the industry needs tighter government scrutiny. Hundreds of tons of the genetically engineered seeds and resulting corn crop were shipped in the United States and overseas between 2001 and 2004. Federal investigators said there was no health or environmental risk…
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