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David Greene （Host）： A farmer in Oregon has found some 1）genetically engineered wheat growing on his land. This was an unwelcome surprise， because this type of wheat has never been approved for commercial planting. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it’s investigating， trying to find out how this wheat got there. The USDA says there is no risk to public health， but wheat exporters are worried about how their customers in Asia and Europe will react to this. Dan Charles has more.
Dan Charles： The biotech company Monsanto has genetically altered some of America’s biggest crops so they can tolerate the 2）weed killer 3）glyphosate， or Roundup. It did this with corn， soybeans， 4）canola and cotton. But it did not do this with wheat. It made Roundup-tolerant wheat in the laboratory， and it carried out field trials of genetically engineered wheat in 16 different states. But the country’s wheat growers told the company they did not want this 5）novel genetic 6）trait.
Steve Mercer： Part of the concern was export markets.
Charles： Steve Mercer is vice president of communications of U.S. Wheat Associates， which represents wheat growers and exporters.
Mercer： We’re not in favor of commercializing any biotech trait unless it’s gone through 7）regulatory approvals in the U.S. and in other countries.
Charles： Many countries are quite 8）hostile to genetically engineered crops， so Monsanto dropped the wheat project. It never asked for government approval， and it ended its field trials in 2005. Fast-forward eight years. About a month ago， a farmer in Eastern Oregon noticed some wheat plants growing where he didn’t expect them， and they didn’t die when he 9）sprayed them with Roundup.
The farmer sent samples of these curious plants to a scientist at Oregon State University. She found that this wheat was， in fact， genetically engineered. She passed samples on to the U.S. Department of Agriculture， and yesterday， the USDA confirmed it. In a statement， the USDA’s Bernadette Juarez said her agency is collecting more samples from the farm， conducting more tests. Bernadette Juarez： We have a team of 10）dedicated investigators working on the ground daily to figure out what’s going on here.
Charles： Nobody knows how this wheat got there. Monsanto’s last field trials in Oregon were in 2001. After all such trials， the crops are supposed to be completely removed from the fields. Also， nobody knows how widely this genetically engineered wheat has spread， whether it’s been in fields of wheat that were harvested for food， for instance. The USDA says even if it has， there’s no danger to public health. Still， if further tests show that this unapproved wheat has spread into the food supply， it could play 11）havoc with wheat sales. In 2006， unapproved genetically engineered rice was discovered throughout the American rice harvest， and it shut down practically all exports for a while. Exporters lost millions of dollars. The wheat harvest is much bigger.
Steve Mercer from U.S. Wheat Associates says there’s no indication so far that this will happen in wheat. Right now， it’s just a few isolated plants growing in eastern Oregon.
Mercer： We’re now in the process of getting in touch with all of our customers. You know， we’re going to work to make sure they have all the information that they need and reassure them that this isolated trait hasn’t entered commerce.
Charles： So far， he says， those customers are not making any decisions. They’re just asking for more information.
戴维·格林（主持人）：俄勒冈州的一位农民发现自己的田地里长着转基因小麦。这并非是个受欢迎的意外收获，因为这种小麦还没得到批准进行商业种植。美国农业部声称正在调查，试图找出这些小麦如何到达那里的真相。美国农业部还声称这种小麦对公众健康没有危害，但是小麦出口商担心亚洲和欧洲客户会对此有微词。请听丹·查尔斯的详细报道。
丹·查尔斯：生物技术公司孟山都已经利用转基因改变了美国一些产量最大的农作物，以使它们能对草甘膦，或叫农达的除草剂具有耐受性。该技术已应用于玉米、大豆、加拿大低酸油菜籽和棉花上，但并未用于小麦上。在实验室里是有开发出具有农达耐受性的麦子，并在十六个不同的州开展试验田种植转基因小麦。但是国内的小麦栽培者告诉该公司他们不需要这种具有转基因特性的新型作物。
史蒂夫·默瑟：部分的担忧来自出口市场。
查尔斯：史蒂夫·默瑟是美国小麦协会的传播副总监，该协会代表了小麦种植者和出口商。
默瑟：我们不支持任何商业化的生物技术作物的生产，除非得到美国和其他国家监管机构的批准。
查尔斯：很多国家对转基因农作物很抵制，所以孟山都公司放弃了小麦项目。小麦项目从来没有申请政府的批准，并于2005年结束了它的试验田。一转眼八年过去了，大概一个月前，东俄勒冈州的一位农民发现了一些转基因的小麦作物长在他不希望它们长的地方，他用农达除草剂喷射也没能杀死它们。
这位农民把这种异常作物的样品发给俄勒冈州立大学的一位科学家，她发现该小麦实际上是转基因的。她把样品发到美国农业部，昨天，美国农业部确认是转基因小麦。在一份声明中，美国农业部的贝尔纳黛特·华雷斯声称她的部门正从该农田采集更多的样品，进行更多的检验。贝尔纳黛特·华雷斯：我们成立专门研究小组，每天都在麦田里工作，找出发生在这里的事情真相。
查尔斯：没有人知道这些小麦是怎样到达那里的，孟山都公司在俄勒冈州的最后一块试验田是在2001年。经过所有这些试验后，所有的转基因作物应该已经完全从试验田撤离。而且，没有人知道这些转基因小麦散播范围有多广，比如说，是否已经进入到小麦粮食的田地里。
美国农业部声称即使已经散播其中，对公众健康也没有危害。尽管如此，如果进一步的检测显示这些未获批种植的小麦已经散布在食物供应里，这对小麦的销售是一场浩劫。在2006年，未获批的转基因大米被发现散布在整个美国大米收成里，那段时间几乎所有出口都要关闭，出口商损失数百万美元。在小麦收成方面造成的后果将会更严重。
美国小麦协会的史蒂夫·默瑟表示到目前为止，没有迹象表明会发生在小麦作物上。目前，只是在东俄勒冈州发现一些隔离的转基因作物。默瑟：我们现在正在联系我们的所有客户。你知道，我们准备致力于确保他们掌握所需要的所有信息，并保证这些隔离物种并没有进入商业种植中。查尔斯：他说，到目前为止，那些客户都没有作出任何决定，他们只是咨询更多的信息。
Dan Charles： The biotech company Monsanto has genetically altered some of America’s biggest crops so they can tolerate the 2）weed killer 3）glyphosate， or Roundup. It did this with corn， soybeans， 4）canola and cotton. But it did not do this with wheat. It made Roundup-tolerant wheat in the laboratory， and it carried out field trials of genetically engineered wheat in 16 different states. But the country’s wheat growers told the company they did not want this 5）novel genetic 6）trait.
Steve Mercer： Part of the concern was export markets.
Charles： Steve Mercer is vice president of communications of U.S. Wheat Associates， which represents wheat growers and exporters.
Mercer： We’re not in favor of commercializing any biotech trait unless it’s gone through 7）regulatory approvals in the U.S. and in other countries.
Charles： Many countries are quite 8）hostile to genetically engineered crops， so Monsanto dropped the wheat project. It never asked for government approval， and it ended its field trials in 2005. Fast-forward eight years. About a month ago， a farmer in Eastern Oregon noticed some wheat plants growing where he didn’t expect them， and they didn’t die when he 9）sprayed them with Roundup.
The farmer sent samples of these curious plants to a scientist at Oregon State University. She found that this wheat was， in fact， genetically engineered. She passed samples on to the U.S. Department of Agriculture， and yesterday， the USDA confirmed it. In a statement， the USDA’s Bernadette Juarez said her agency is collecting more samples from the farm， conducting more tests. Bernadette Juarez： We have a team of 10）dedicated investigators working on the ground daily to figure out what’s going on here.
Charles： Nobody knows how this wheat got there. Monsanto’s last field trials in Oregon were in 2001. After all such trials， the crops are supposed to be completely removed from the fields. Also， nobody knows how widely this genetically engineered wheat has spread， whether it’s been in fields of wheat that were harvested for food， for instance. The USDA says even if it has， there’s no danger to public health. Still， if further tests show that this unapproved wheat has spread into the food supply， it could play 11）havoc with wheat sales. In 2006， unapproved genetically engineered rice was discovered throughout the American rice harvest， and it shut down practically all exports for a while. Exporters lost millions of dollars. The wheat harvest is much bigger.
Steve Mercer from U.S. Wheat Associates says there’s no indication so far that this will happen in wheat. Right now， it’s just a few isolated plants growing in eastern Oregon.
Mercer： We’re now in the process of getting in touch with all of our customers. You know， we’re going to work to make sure they have all the information that they need and reassure them that this isolated trait hasn’t entered commerce.
Charles： So far， he says， those customers are not making any decisions. They’re just asking for more information.
戴维·格林（主持人）：俄勒冈州的一位农民发现自己的田地里长着转基因小麦。这并非是个受欢迎的意外收获，因为这种小麦还没得到批准进行商业种植。美国农业部声称正在调查，试图找出这些小麦如何到达那里的真相。美国农业部还声称这种小麦对公众健康没有危害，但是小麦出口商担心亚洲和欧洲客户会对此有微词。请听丹·查尔斯的详细报道。
丹·查尔斯：生物技术公司孟山都已经利用转基因改变了美国一些产量最大的农作物，以使它们能对草甘膦，或叫农达的除草剂具有耐受性。该技术已应用于玉米、大豆、加拿大低酸油菜籽和棉花上，但并未用于小麦上。在实验室里是有开发出具有农达耐受性的麦子，并在十六个不同的州开展试验田种植转基因小麦。但是国内的小麦栽培者告诉该公司他们不需要这种具有转基因特性的新型作物。
史蒂夫·默瑟：部分的担忧来自出口市场。
查尔斯：史蒂夫·默瑟是美国小麦协会的传播副总监，该协会代表了小麦种植者和出口商。
默瑟：我们不支持任何商业化的生物技术作物的生产，除非得到美国和其他国家监管机构的批准。
查尔斯：很多国家对转基因农作物很抵制，所以孟山都公司放弃了小麦项目。小麦项目从来没有申请政府的批准，并于2005年结束了它的试验田。一转眼八年过去了，大概一个月前，东俄勒冈州的一位农民发现了一些转基因的小麦作物长在他不希望它们长的地方，他用农达除草剂喷射也没能杀死它们。
这位农民把这种异常作物的样品发给俄勒冈州立大学的一位科学家，她发现该小麦实际上是转基因的。她把样品发到美国农业部，昨天，美国农业部确认是转基因小麦。在一份声明中，美国农业部的贝尔纳黛特·华雷斯声称她的部门正从该农田采集更多的样品，进行更多的检验。贝尔纳黛特·华雷斯：我们成立专门研究小组，每天都在麦田里工作，找出发生在这里的事情真相。
查尔斯：没有人知道这些小麦是怎样到达那里的，孟山都公司在俄勒冈州的最后一块试验田是在2001年。经过所有这些试验后，所有的转基因作物应该已经完全从试验田撤离。而且，没有人知道这些转基因小麦散播范围有多广，比如说，是否已经进入到小麦粮食的田地里。
美国农业部声称即使已经散播其中，对公众健康也没有危害。尽管如此，如果进一步的检测显示这些未获批种植的小麦已经散布在食物供应里，这对小麦的销售是一场浩劫。在2006年，未获批的转基因大米被发现散布在整个美国大米收成里，那段时间几乎所有出口都要关闭，出口商损失数百万美元。在小麦收成方面造成的后果将会更严重。
美国小麦协会的史蒂夫·默瑟表示到目前为止，没有迹象表明会发生在小麦作物上。目前，只是在东俄勒冈州发现一些隔离的转基因作物。默瑟：我们现在正在联系我们的所有客户。你知道，我们准备致力于确保他们掌握所需要的所有信息，并保证这些隔离物种并没有进入商业种植中。查尔斯：他说，到目前为止，那些客户都没有作出任何决定，他们只是咨询更多的信息。