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GMOs Beyond Borders: The Politics of Risk
Can an international treaty help us make better choices about GMOs?
India already has 2,500 kinds of eggplant, but recently, Monsanto and Indian seed company Mahyco tried to introduce one more: "BT brinjal." Seeds for the insect-proof veggie were approved by regulators, but, facing public and academic outrage over an allegedly flimsy risk…
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by: Winnie Bird – October 13, 2010
Polluter Pays Principal Set to Reach Biotech Industry
New global agreement would hold corporations accountable for environmental impacts of modified organisms
Beginning in 1998, biotech titan Monsanto sued Canadian canola farmer Percy Schmeiser for $400,000 after some of the corporation’s patented genetically modified seeds blew onto Schmeiser’s farm and sprouted there without his knowledge. But according to an international agreement likely to be…
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by: Winnie Bird – October 11, 2010
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