Greenpeace released today a report “confirming the dangers” of
cultivating genetically-modified organisms (GMOs). The report,
which focuses on Bt eggplant, a GMO variety currently being
field-tested in the Philippines, details how the spread of the
genetically-modified Bt gene can cause eggplant to be an
“aggressive and problematic weed, threatening to overpower
similar varieties.” In addition, Greenpeace maintains that GMOs
grown in fields contaminate normal crops, threaten farmers’
livelihoods, and are dangerous to human health. The report is
posted in its website www.greenpeace.org. The group called on
the Department of Agriculture to stop all field trials of GMOs
in the country. It warned that the government’s “loose and
cavalier policy favoring the open cultivation of GMO crops is
effectively transforming the Philippines into an unprotected
test site for dangerous crops with far-reaching and irreversible
ecological consequences.” “GMO crops should not be cultivated
outdoors anywhere in the world. When th