Tuesday, December 7, 2010

California judge orders illegal GMO sugar beet crops destroyed

California judge orders illegal GMO sugar beet crops destroyed

NaturalNews) For the first time in history, a judge has ruled that an illegally-planted, genetically-modified (GM) crop be destroyed. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White of California ruled back in August that all future plantings of GM sugar beets cease until the U.S. Department of Agriculture conducts a valid environmental impact statement (EIS) proving the crop's safety. However, the USDA recently violated this ruling and permitted Monsanto to plant the crops anyway, spurring Judge White to order that they be destroyed.

Last month,Monsantothrew a temper tantrum over the ban, spewing propaganda about how the entiresugarbeet industry would supposedly fold if GMsugar beetswere not permitted to be grown. The biotechnology giant even went so far as to petition the court to allow the plantings so that the company could avoid the loss of the money it spent on researching and developing the technology


Learn more:http://www.naturalnews.com/030637_GMO_sugar_beets.html#ixzz17SqmfRwJ

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