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Hecuba's daughter6/29/2021 1:59:24 pm PDT

re: #110 Anymouse 🌹🏑😷

How a bunch of unthinking bioengineers in the name of profit nearly destroyed all life on Earth, with a genetically-modified bacterium, where the natural form is ubiquitous to all plant root systems.

How a Biotech Company Almost Killed The World (With Booze) (Cracked, April 3, 2010)

One researcher at the University of Oregon discovered their disastrous error and loudly shouted it to every scientific body and journal she could find.

The GMO bacteria had already received approval and paperwork to released into the wild.

It appears that this story is not accurate. Here’s one article that refutes the contentions of the cracked story.

Edited to add link.