Warning: exports of papaya are reaching a crisis point, after European Union investigations found that a record no of papaya exports from Thailand had GMO contamination. This means that Thailand may be about to lose the entire European market for papayas.
The Agriculture Department should object to a US government move to grant exclusive rights for a genetically modified (GM) papaya - developed from papaya native to Thailand - to a team of American researchers and Cornell University's research arm, Thai activists say.
