Reply #8: yummy rice [View All]

[leftchick]

these MFers! :grr:

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The variety, known as LLRICE 601, is endowed with bacterial DNA that makes rice plants resistant to a weed killer made by the agricultural giant Aventis.

Johanns acknowledged that the discovery could have a significant impact on rice sales — especially exports, which are worth close to $1 billion a year.

Many U.S. trading partners have strict policies forbidding importation of certain genetically engineered foods.

Those restrictions reflect a mix of science-based fears that some gene-altered foods or seeds may pose health or environmental hazards, cultural beliefs about food purity, and political wrangling over trade disparities.