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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMonsanto’s SmartStax maize ‘to be approved for growth in October’ in EU
A controversial, genetically modified super-maize from Monsanto is set to be approved for cultivation across the European Union by late October despite safety concerns, German media reports.
Despite EU regulators last month thwarting the expansion of the worlds largest seed corporation, it appears Germany wont escape new GMO crops.
The decision rests with the European Commission, which will agree with the import in September or October," a spokesperson for the EU Consumer Protection Commissioner, Tonio Borg, told Germanys Zeit Online. The spokesperson said the decision would come after a rigorous, scientific evaluation process.
SmartStax GM maize was developed in the US by Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences. It combines the genes of two already genetically modified maize varieties. SmartStax is resistant to two types of herbicides and poisons against six different species of insects, such as the European corn borer. The seed includes eight artificially added genes previously, the biggest number of such genes added to a single plant was three.
http://rt.com/news/smartstax-maize-germany-approval-428/
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Monsanto’s SmartStax maize ‘to be approved for growth in October’ in EU (Original Post)
dipsydoodle
Aug 2013
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The only hope is for European scientists to conclusively prove the danger of GM corn.
no_hypocrisy
Aug 2013
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no_hypocrisy
(45,774 posts)1. The only hope is for European scientists to conclusively prove the danger of GM corn.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)2. To the best of my knowledge
use of GM corn here is restricted to animal feeds. None is used for human direct consumptions and given our food labeling laws if any was I doubt anyone would buy it.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)3. That is the best scary corn picture they could come up with
LOL