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Zeneca Group PLC

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genetically modified organism
Role of GMOs in environmental management
In the early 1990s, Zeneca, a British company, developed a microbially produced biodegradable plastic called Biopol (polyhydroxyalkanoate, or PHA). The plastic was made with the use of a GM bacterium, Ralstonia eutropha, to convert glucose and a variety of organic acids into a flexible polymer. GMOs endowed with the…
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In the early 1990s, Zeneca, a British company, developed a microbially produced biodegradable plastic called Biopol (polyhydroxyalkanoate, or PHA). The plastic was made with the use of a GM bacterium, Ralstonia eutropha, to convert glucose and a variety of organic acids into a flexible polymer. GMOs endowed with the…
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Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
…into a new corporation named Zeneca Group PLC (which merged in 1999 with the Swedish company Astra AB to become AstraZeneca). The parent company continued to produce industrial polymers and other chemicals, paints, and explosives. In 1997 ICI bought the specialty chemicals business of Unilever. However, that acquisition placed the…
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…into a new corporation named Zeneca Group PLC (which merged in 1999 with the Swedish company Astra AB to become AstraZeneca). The parent company continued to produce industrial polymers and other chemicals, paints, and explosives. In 1997 ICI bought the specialty chemicals business of Unilever. However, that acquisition placed the…
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