Editing Contamination (section)

====Agricultural contamination====
{{Main|Biocontainment of genetically modified organisms}}
Another type of environmental contaminant can be found in the form of [[genetically modified organisms]] (GMOs), specifically when they come in contact with [[organic agriculture]]. This sort of contamination can result in the decertification of a farm.<ref name="PaullOrganic14">{{cite journal |title=Editorial: Organic Versus GMO Farming: Contamination, What Contamination? |journal=Journal of Organic Systems |author=Paull, J. |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=2–4 |year=2014 |url=http://www.organic-systems.org/journal/91/index.html |access-date=2019-04-12 |archive-date=2018-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421122326/http://www.organic-systems.org/journal/91/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> This sort of contamination can at times be difficult to control, necessitating mechanisms for compensating farmers where there has been contamination by GMOs.<ref name="PaullComp18">{{cite journal |title=Compensation for GMO contamination |journal=International Sustainable Development Research Society Newsletter |author=Paull, J. |issue=3 |year=2018 |page=8 |url=http://orgprints.org/33919/ |access-date=2019-04-12 |archive-date=2020-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200119055610/https://orgprints.org/33919/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A Parliamentary Inquiry in [[Western Australia]] considered a range of options for compensating [[farmers]] whose farms had been contaminated by [[GMOs]] but ultimately settled on recommending no action.<ref>Paull, John  (2019) [https://www.academia.edu/40200835/Contamination_of_Farms_by_Genetically_Modified_Organisms_GMOs_Options_for_Compensation Contamination of Farms by Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs): Options for Compensation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190921081224/https://www.academia.edu/40200835/Contamination_of_Farms_by_Genetically_Modified_Organisms_GMOs_Options_for_Compensation |date=2019-09-21 }}, 
Journal of Organics, 6(1):31–46.</ref>