RAW files dark green

After import, when I select a RAW file, it turns to a dark green hue. The following message occurs in the adjustments panel: "This photo was adjusted using an earlier version of Apple’s RAW processing." Clicking on "Reprocess" does nothing. The corresponding JPG and RAW thumbnail appear unaffected. I've trashed the plist and reinstalled Aperture, to no avail. Up until my last few imports, I've had no problems. Any ideas?
Aperture 3.2.4 Mac Pro 2 x 3 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon Mac OS 10.6.8 Camera: Canon EOS 7D

Now my thumbnails are also turning green.
Oh no!
In some similar cases in AP 3.2.4 it helped to reregister the camera with the lauch services database, see this thread:
Getting very green tint on importing GF 1 RAW files.
But that always occured with the raw support in Lion after upgrading from SnowLeopard, but it is worth a try.

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