Greenpeace activists explain their concerns to a Thai...

KHON KAEN, THAILAND - 2004/07/27: Greenpeace activists explain their concerns to a Thai government official responsible for a testing programme which Greenpeace has identified as responsible for illegal GE experiments with papaya plants - one of the staples of the Thai diet. Meanwhile the press looks on. The Greenpeace activists noted that the experimental field in Khon Kaen province, northeastern Thailand, was only segregated from the other papaya by barbed wire and banana trees, and posed a serious risk of contamination. Thai activists sealed off the GE papaya at the agricultural research station of the Department of Agriculture. Dressed in protective suits they removed the GE papaya fruit from the trees then secured them in hazardous material containers. They also demanded that the government complete this process and immediately destroy all papaya trees, fruit, seedlings, and seeds in the Khon Kaen research station to prevent further contamination. (Photo by Yvan Cohen/LightRocket via Getty Images)