A Centre for Integrated Research in Biosafety report published yesterday shows that AgResearch may have intentionally mislead the Environmental Risk Management Authority and allowed risky genetic contamination in the Waikato Region, according to the Soil & Health Association of NZ. Because of the biosafety risk of significant adverse effects to people or the environment, AgResearch was required by ERMA to monitor soil microorganisms for the uptake of transgenes by horizontal gene transfer at the offal pits where genetically engineered cattle were disposed.