Weeds get boost from GM crops 'Weeds become stronger and fitter by cross-breeding with genetically engineered crops, US researchers have shown for the first time. And at the same time, a team in France has demonstrated how easily weeds might be able to swap genes with the GM strains of sugar beet already in field trials' ( New Scientist ) See also this Guardian write-through, this BBC article, this FOE press release, and this blog entry from last week.LINKS? http://www.hullocentral.demon.co.uk/site/anfin.htm India: KRRS Activists Destroy Bt Cotton in Davanagere posted by Chuck0 on Friday August 16 2002 @ 10:28AM PDT of the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) destroyed Bt cotton cultivated in an area of two acres at Rudranakatte near here on Sunday. The activists led by KRRS President Prof M D Nanjundaswamy convinced the farmers before destroying the crops. Security was tightened in the village to prevent any untoward incident. However, the police could not take any steps against the activists as they destroyed the crops after convincing the farmers. [...] http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=02/08/16/8891740 ( read more -- comment )