BANGKOK: Thailand admitted yesterday that genetically modified papaya at a state-run experimental centre had contaminated surrounding fruit farms, in a blow to the government's agriculture policy.
Agriculture Minister Somsak Thepsuthin said a papaya sample from a farm in the northeast was found to be contaminated. His admission followed months of complaints by environmentalists about the dangers of GM testing.
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