Give genetically modified canola a chance, experts urge as ban goes - Australia/Environment
Jo Chandler; 1/3/08
Scientific advocates have joined ranks to persuade farmers and consumers that genetically modified canola is safe, saleable and central to agricultural prosperity. Their assurances came as Victoria’s moratorium on growing GM canola expired yesterday, clearing the way for the controversial pesticide-resistant seeds to be sown this season. Professor Sir Gustav Nossal, who chaired the state review that advocated the end of the moratorium, said canola was just the beginning.”The strains coming down the pike are so much more important … We’re talking about frost-resistant plants, we’re talking about drought-resistant plants, we’re talking about high-protein wheat,” he said.
See: http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/give-genetically-modified-canola-a-chance-experts-urge-as-ban-goes/2008/02/29/1204226991482.html
Lifting the lid on the GM genie; Jo Chandler; 1/3/08; http://www.theage.com.au/news/in-depth/lifting-the-lid-on-the-gm-genie/2008/02/29/1204226986637.html
See: http://news.theage.com.au/more-than-100-farmers-to-adopt-gm-canola/20080229-1vvs.html