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1. Prodigene's Texas biopharm corn project "Off" (4/9/2004) ...: (2004); ... d not have been allowed because it could lead to "civil unrest." http://www.progress.org/2004/gene104.htm And now leading GM pharma corp ProdiGene, whose pharma corn crops have previously caused mayhem ...; Created on 04 September 2004
2. Prodigene fined $3 million +/A cloned cow in Havana? ...: (2002); 9 December 2002 PRODIGENE FINED $3 MILLION +/A CLONED COW IN HAVANA? Some poorer countries are wasting valuable resources aping the follies of richer countries - item 2: '"I am worried," Fidel Ovidio ...; Created on 09 December 2002
3. CEO of Prodigene a Bush appointee/GM crops scare hits USA - again ...: (2002); 15 November 2002 CEO OF PRODIGENE A BUSH APPOINTEE/GM CROP SCARE HITS USA - AGAIN USDA claims they managed to spot the biopharma contamination incidents in Nebraska and Iowa because they'd particularl ...; Created on 15 November 2002
4. Prodigene officials may face jail/Contamination could be AIDS vaccine or blood thickener ...: (2002); 15 November 2002 PRODIGENE OFFICIALS MAY FACE JAIL/CONTAMINATION COULD BE AIDS VACCINE OR BLOOD THICKENER 1. US foodmakers urge ban on food crops for medicine 2. ProdiGene officials may face jail 3. ...; Created on 15 November 2002
5. Pharma corn trial run by man whose previous firm was banned from doing GMO field trials: (2014); ... EXCERPT: It took three years, but this time, APHIS came down hard. In 2007, ProdiGene received a modest $3,500 fine but agreed that neither it nor "its successors in interest" would ever again apply ...; Created on 08 September 2014
6. Biotech rider a threat to farmers and the environment: (2013); ... from the food supply. In 2005, corn produced by Prodigene containing a pharmaceutical gene contaminated soybeans, resulting in the destruction of 500,000 bushels, despite supposedly rigorous provisions ...; Created on 28 March 2013
7. Europe prepares for drugs from GM plants: (2009); ... to produce it in large quantities in rice and tobacco." ProdiGene, a leader in the field, calculates that by the end of this decade, 10% of the corn produced in the US will be biopharmaceutical. The volume of bio ...; Created on 09 August 2009
8. Re: USDA announces meetings on GM regulation revision: (2009); ... in the market and posing public safety threats. Examples are unapproved Liberty Link rice and Prodigene soybeans. Later on page 60012 you state: "We welcome suggestions from the public on th ...; Created on 16 March 2009
9. Resumo Mensal no. 64: (Portug General); ... de Vilsack de milho ser contaminado com vacina de porco de farma-milho OGM: http://www.mindfully.org/GE/GE4/ProdiGene-Under-Fire14nov02.htm TOME UMA ATITUDE: Oponha-se à confirmação da nomeação de Tom ...; Created on 15 January 2009
10. MONATSRÜCKBLICK Nr.64: (2009); ... p://www.mindfully.org/GE/GE4/ProdiGene-Under-Fire14nov02.htm BETEILIGEN SIE SICH: Wenden Sie sich gegen Tom Vilsacks Bestätigung als US-Landwirtschaftsminister: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/642 ...; Created on 15 January 2009
11. MONTHLY REVIEW No. 64: (News review); ... Id=98417440 http://stuffedandstarved.org/drupal/node/452 Vilsack’s response to maize being contaminated with GM pig vaccine pharma maize: http://www.mindfully.org/GE/GE4/ProdiGene-Under-Fire14nov02.htm ...; Created on 30 December 2008
12. The logic and wisdom of Tom Vilsack: (2008); ... ticular concern." http://www.greenpeaceusa.org/media/publications/criminaltext.htm 2. "In Iowa, the US Department of Agriculture has forced the biotech company, ProdiGene Inc. of College Station, ...; Created on 18 December 2008
13. Be wary of biotech lettuce experiments: (2008); ... rs growing untested drugs in lettuce will face no new regulations. This sounds frighteningly similar to the promises made by the world's leading pharm crop company, ProdiGene, to Midwestern farmers. Alth ...; Created on 08 January 2008
14. GMOs - yield, competitiveness, jobs and environmental impact: (2007); ... illion euros worth of soya beans destined for human food after finding ProdiGene’s GM pharmaceutical maize mixed with the soya beans.[xxxi] 9. Impacts on global poverty and malnutrition In India in 2002, th ...; Created on 26 June 2007
15. Down on the pharm in the UK: (2007); ... animal feed, turned up in taco shells sold as snacks across the US in 2000, and Prodigene, a Texas biotech company, was fined $250,000 in 2002 for contaminating a soybean crop with corn engineered to pr ...; Created on 30 April 2007
16. GM Rides Again - BBC prog on pharma crops tonight: (2007); ... greater than from food crops. She said there had already been contamination incidents with experimental pharmaceutical plants. One American company, Prodigene, was heavily fined for its mistakes in 2002 ...; Created on 04 April 2007
17. Nature article on contamination involving unapproved GMOs: (2007); ... million worth of Nebraska soya beans destined for human consumption. Prodigene, the corn's maker, was fined $250,000 and forced to buy and destroy the soya beans. No guarantees Although the use of transge ...; Created on 12 January 2007
18. US Oversight of Biotech Crops Seen Lacking (30/8/2006): (2006); ... oped in part by Monsanto Co. has been found growing in the wild, while ProdiGene Inc. had to buy back and destroy millions of dollars of grain after tainting crops with an experimental corn plant used to pr ...; Created on 30 August 2006
19. Monsanto Whistleblower Says Genetically Engineered Crops May Cause Disease: (2006); ... , US Government and Biotech Firm Deceive Public on GM Corn Mix-up, Spilling the Beans, April 2005 [10] See for example, Christopher Doering, ProdiGene to spend millions on bio-corn tainting, Reuters News Service, USA: Decem ...; Created on 28 August 2006
20. Officials cut corners with biotech - judge (15/8/2006): (2006); ... permits were ProdiGene, Monsanto, Hawaii Agriculture Research Center and Garst Seed. All of the companies' plants used to make pharmaceutical crops already have been harvested and the companies have stopped ...; Created on 15 August 2006

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