Global Indigo

Many previous technologies have proved to have adverse effects unexpected by their developers. DDT, for example, turned out to accumulate in fish and thin the shells of fish-eating birds like eagles and ospreys. And chlorofluorocarbons turned out to float into the upper atmosphere and destroy ozone, a chemical that shields the earth from dangerous radiation. […]

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Field trials of pharm and industrial plants have been allowed in Alabama, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Puerto Rico.

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Below is a list of some of the companies and universities currently involved in the development of pharm and industrial crops, with websites addresses, if available.
Companies
Ventria Bioscience ( www.apinc.com )
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research ( http://www.bti.cornell.edu )
CropTech ( www.croptech.com )
DuPont ( www.dupont.com )
EPIcyte ( www.epicyte.com )
Integrated Protein Technologies, a subsidiary of Monsanto […]

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Scientists and companies are developing and testing a large number of crops producing pharmaceuticals, biologics, and industrial and research chemicals. (Biologics are diagnostic or therapeutic products derived from living sources and are typically complex mixtures not easily identified or characterized.) A few of the products are discussed below. Names of many more crop-produced chemicals […]

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Pharm and industrial crops are plants genetically engineered to produce medical and industrial products, including human and veterinary drugs and biologics and industrial and research chemicals. Crops intentionally treated with genetically engineered viruses that, in turn, produce an industrial or medical substance in the infected plants are also considered industrial or pharm crops. In general, […]

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Genetically engineered crops allowed in the US food supply

Product
Institution(s)
Engineered Trait(s)
Sources of New Genes
Name

Canola
Bayer
Resist glufosinate herbicide to control weeds
Bacteria, virus
LibertyLink
2000

Canola
Monsanto
Resist glyphosate herbicide to control weeds
Arabidopsis, bacteria, virus
Roundup Ready
1999

Canola
Monsanto
Altered oil (high lauric acid) for soap and food products
Calif bay, turnip rape, bacteria, virus
Laurical
1995

Canola
Bayer
Male sterile to facilitate hybridization; resist glufosinate herbicide to […]

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