Genetically Altered Bacteria Are Released into the Environment
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
- Categories: Science, Medicine, Health, Environmental Issues
- Subcategories: Biology, Biologists, Plants, Botany, Horticulture, Genetics, Ecology, Environment, Conservation
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: California
- Date: April, 1987
Article abstract: Scientists in California sprayed strawberry plants with genetically altered bacteria to improve the plant’s freeze resistance, marking the first deliberate release of genetically altered organisms in the United States.
Summary of Event
On Friday, April 24, 1987, at 6:30 a.m., shortly after California Superior Court judge Darrel W. Lewis dismissed the last legal objections, scientists from Advanced Genetic Sciences, Incorporated (AGS) of Oakland, California, spread a mixture of genetically altered bacteria dubbed “Frostban” on...
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