Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Greenpeace-Blockade-GMO-Storage-Facility-in-Northern-Sweden-27MZIFII8ATO.htmlConceptually similarGreenpeace Blockade GMO Storage Facility in Northern SwedenGP02DSHCompleted★★★★Greenpeace Blockade GMO Storage Facility in Northern SwedenGP02DSICompleted★★★★Greenpeace Blockade GMO Storage Facility in Northern SwedenGP02DSMCompleted★★★★Greenpeace Blockade GMO Storage Facility in Northern SwedenGP02DSNCompleted★★★★Greenpeace Blockade GMO Storage Facility in Northern SwedenGP02DSRCompleted★★★★Greenpeace Blockade GMO Storage Facility in Northern SwedenGP02DSTCompleted★★★★Greenpeace Blockade GMO Storage Facility in Northern SwedenGP02DSWCompleted★★★★Greenpeace Blockade GMO Storage Facility in Northern SwedenGP02DSYCompleted★★★★Greenpeace Blockade GMO Storage Facility in Northern SwedenGP02DSZCompleted★★★★View AllGP02DSKGreenpeace Blockade GMO Storage Facility in Northern SwedenA dozen activists from Greenpeace started a sustained blockade of a warehouse containing the controversial, genetically modified (GM) potato Amflora in the Vojakkala area of northern Sweden. The activists demand that Plant Science Sweden, a biotech company owned and controlled by German chemical giant BASF, stop all plans to resume cultivation of Amflora, referring to substandard, biased risk assessment and failed and unreliable control of the cultivation.In original language:Aktivister blockerar GMO-lager i NorrbottenEtt tiotal aktivister från miljöorganisationen Greenpeace blockerar en lagerbyggnad i Nedre Vojakkala i Tornedalen där den kontroversiella, genmodifierade potatissorten Amflora förvaras. Aktivisterna kräver att företaget Plant Science Sweden, som ägs av tyska kemijätten BASF, stoppar sättningen mot bakgrund av undermålig riskbedömning av Amflora, samt den misslyckade och opålitliga kontrollen som omgärdar odlingen av den genmodifierade potatisen.Locations:Europe-Scandinavia-SwedenDate:19 May, 2011Credit:© Greenpeace / Christian ÅslundMaximum size:2758px X 1800pxKeywords:Actions and protests-Barrels-Day-Greenpeace activists-KWCI (GPI)-Outdoors-Potatoes-Roofs-SAGE (campaign title)Shoot:GE Action Blockade at Potato storage facility in northern SwedenHaparanda, Sweden.A dozen activists from Greenpeace started a sustained blockade of a warehouse containing the controversial, genetically modified (GM) potato Amflora in the Vojakkala area of northern Sweden. The activists demand that Plant Science Sweden, a biotech company owned and controlled by German chemical giant BASF, stop all plans to resume cultivation of Amflora, referring to substandard, biased risk assessment and failed and unreliable control of the cultivation.
