Environmental activists broke into an Australian government research farm Thursday and destroyed an experimental crop of genetically-modified wheat protesting against what they said were safety issues.
Armed with weed trimmers, three Greenpeace activists scaled a fence at the Canberra facility in the early hours of the morning and razed the crop, which had been modified to lower its glycemic index and increase fibre.
The government science agency running the trials, CSIRO, confirmed there had been “a break-in overnight at their crop trial site” and it was assessing the damage.
“The police, and the government’s gene technology regulatory authority … have been informed and are inspecting the site,” a CSIRO spokesman told AFP.
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