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Fearing GMO, Filipino Radicals Attack Rice

Fearing GMO, Filipino Radicals Attack Rice

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Aug 15, 2013
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When more than 300 farmers and militants whipped into a frenzy over fears of genetically modified foods stormed a Philippines Department of Agriculture regional office in Bicol and stomped out a 1,000 square meter experimental rice field, they destroyed part of a project designed ultimately to protect up to 200 million people from irreversible blindness.

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