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2006-11-30 |

Contaminated rice dumped in Freetown, Sierra Leone

America, Vietnam, Canada and Argentina, according to report, have exported quantities of bags of contaminated rice to Sierra Leone for consumption. This disclosure was made by Friends of the Earth International (FOEI) through Friends of the Earth Sierra Leone (FOESL), at a press briefing over the weekend at the Robert Street Community Centre, in order to sensitize press men and the general public on the awkward development. Speaking, Executive Director – FOESL, Olatunde Johnson, revealed that they are launching the result of the sample-testing of the Genetically Modified (GM) rice now dumped in Sierra Leone. This sample-test on the importation of GM rice, Johnson said, was done in September, this year, when news of rice contamination broke out in Europe and West Africa. He further disclosed that they have discovered that rice imported into Sierra Leone from America, Vietnam and other notorious countries was contaminated because it is genetically modified rice.

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2006-11-30 |

Contaminated rice dumped in Freetown, Sierra Leone

America, Vietnam, Canada and Argentina, according to report, have exported quantities of bags of contaminated rice to Sierra Leone for consumption. This disclosure was made by Friends of the Earth International (FOEI) through Friends of the Earth Sierra Leone (FOESL), at a press briefing over the weekend at the Robert Street Community Centre, in order to sensitize press men and the general public on the awkward development. Speaking, Executive Director – FOESL, Olatunde Johnson, revealed that they are launching the result of the sample-testing of the Genetically Modified (GM) rice now dumped in Sierra Leone. This sample-test on the importation of GM rice, Johnson said, was done in September, this year, when news of rice contamination broke out in Europe and West Africa. He further disclosed that they have discovered that rice imported into Sierra Leone from America, Vietnam and other notorious countries was contaminated because it is genetically modified rice.

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