GMO Wheat Found Growing Wild In Oregon, Japan Suspends Import From U.S. 679
An anonymous reader writes "NPR reports that an Oregon wheat farmer found a patch of wheat growing where he did not plant. After RoundUp failed to kill the plants, he sent them to a lab for testing. Turns out the wheat in question is a GMO strain created by Monsanto but never sent to market. Oregon field trials for the wheat ended in 2001. 'Nobody knows how this wheat got to this farm. ... After all such trials, the genetically engineered crops are supposed to be completely removed. Also, nobody knows how widely this genetically engineered wheat has spread, and whether it's been in fields of wheat that were harvested for food.' The USDA is currently investigating and says there is no health-risk. Meanwhile, Monsanto has released a statement and Japan has suspended some wheat imports from the U.S. 'The mystery could have implications on wheat trade. Many countries around the world will not accept imports of genetically modified foods, and the United States exports about half of its wheat crop.'"
It's still under investigation (Score:5, Funny)
heh (Score:4, Funny)
How long until Monsanto sues the state of Oregon?
(and no I'm not serious)
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We'll have to wheat and see what their report says...
As my pappy used to say: If you are corn-fused, you might be standing in a wheat field. Then he was killed by a thresher.
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i can barley contain my laughter.
Re:Postapocoliptic Nightmare (Score:5, Funny)
Obviously this farmer broke into a Monsanto lab, stole the seeds, and then planted it in his farm. This is the ONLY plausible scenario that could have happened.
Signed,
Monsanto Legal Dept.
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That was terrible. Maybe you corn try again?
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This is rapidly going a-rye.
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Don't be so bulghur.
Re:Postapocoliptic Nightmare (Score:4, Funny)
Worse, he applied RoundUp to unlicensed plants, and they survived. Instant patent violation.
Re:Five minutes after Monsanto Protection Act sign (Score:4, Funny)
Also, for once an article needs a whatdidpossiblygowrong tag instead of a whatcouldpossiblygowrong one.
I'd opt for a whatcouldpossiblygrowwrong tag.
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Listen here meow.
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Italicize wheat?
Well, wheat is pretty important in making pasta, and Italy is pretty well-known for their - aww, forget it.
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All the way down tomatoes!
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I see you conveniently side-stepped the fact that we now have zombie wheat, a staple of a healthy zombie diet.
GRRAAIINNNSSS!!!!!!