Breaking Pledge, Monsanto Continues Field Tests of GE Wheat in Canada

Modified wheat use slammed
By Canadian Press

TORONTO -- Field trials of genetically modified wheat are still being conducted in Canada by multinational biotech giant Monsanto despite a pledge earlier this year that the testing would be abandoned, critics said yesterday.

In a letter to Greenpeace Canada late last month, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed that 16 Monsanto trials of so-called Roundup Ready wheat are continuing "to allow researchers to complete their research."

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