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A pioneering scientist whose work helped pave the way for genetic modification research in this country will speak at an anti-GM rally today and plea for caution... |
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| Scientist adds Voice to GE Protests (October 2003) |
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As protesters gather at rallies and marches around the country in a last-ditch attempt to convince the Government it should keep restrictions on GM in place, Dr Elvira Dommisse is adding her voice to calls for the moratorium to be extended for five years. "Absolutely it should be, at least five years," the 40-year-old Christchurch mother-of-two said. "I had my doubts about GE then and I have my doubts now, there have been a lot of promises made but they have not eventuated." Dr Dommisse worked at state-owned research institute Crop and Food and its predecessor the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research between 1985 and 1993 when she quit over the direction the new science was taking... |
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