But last week the New Zealand Life Sciences Network accused Ingham of “presenting inaccurate, careless and exaggerated information”and“generating speculative doomsday scenarios(世界末日的局面)that are not scientifically supportable”.They say that her study doesn’t even show that the bacteria would survive in the wild, much less kill massive numbers of plants. What’s more, the network says that contrary to Ingham’s claims, the EPA was never asked to consider the organism for field trials.
The EPA has not commented on the dispute. But an e-mail to the network from Janet Anderson, director of the EPA’s bio-pesticides(生物杀虫剂)division,says“there is no record of a review and/or clearance to field test”the organism.









