Greenpeace dumps corn outside US embassy in Athens in GM protest

ATHENS (AFP) Sep 10, 2003
Greenpeace activists Wednesday dumped some 100 kilogrammes (220 pounds) of US-grown corn over a mock toilet in front of the US Embassy in Athens in a protest against genetically modified foods.

"The Greenpeace action took place outside the US embassy because its government is pressuring ... farmers and consumers worldwide to cultivate and consume genetically modified (foodstuffs)," the Greek wing of the environmental group said in a press release.

Twelve Greenpeace activists staged the protest, spilling the corn over a mock paper toilet.

The action took place as a World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting opened in Cancun, Mexico. The WTO has agreed to examine a complaint by the US, Canada and Argentina against European Union restrictions on genetically modified foods.

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