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France bans Monsanto's GM maize

Posted by jamie — 15 January 2008 at 4:28pm - Comments

Sacre bleu. At the end of last week, French president Nicolas Sarkozy took a stand against biotech giant Monsanto and banned a strain of GM maize which has previously been grown by French farmers.

Their MON 810 variety - according to AFP, the only type of GM maize currently being grown in France - has been withdrawn after a committee of scientists, farmers and politicians raised doubts over its continued use. Advocating the precautionary principle, Sarkozy invoked an EU clause to stop Monsanto's maize being grown.

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Bush suppresses GM crop warnings

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Greenpeace activists intercept ship carrying contaminated maize to Mexico

Greenpeace activists intercept ship carrying contaminated maize to Mexico

Monsanto and the US government have been telling the world that genetically modified crops pose no contamination threat to natural indigenous species. But we have learned from a leaked report that NAFTA disagrees and is recommending steps to avoid a genetic threat to natural maize in Mexico.

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Monsanto throws another GM crop on the scrapheap

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A poppy grows in a wheat field

A poppy grows in a wheat field

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Risky Monsanto business strategy, investors urged caution

Last edited 16 April 2003 at 8:00am
16 April, 2003
Monsanto Roundup Ready soybean crop

Monsanto Roundup Ready soybean crop

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Monsanto: Get out of our food

Last edited 28 January 2003 at 9:00am
Percy Schmeiser is being sued by Monsanto

Percy Schmeiser is being sued by Monsanto

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Greenpeace warns Brazilian government: Genetically modified soya approval would be illegal

Last edited 31 July 2001 at 8:00am
31 July, 2001

On Monday 30th July 2001, Greenpeace erected a large concrete sculpture of Brazil's federal constitution in front the of the Ministry of Agriculture in Brasilia to remind Minister Marcus Vinicius Pratini de Moraes that he is not legally authorised to approve the commercial growing of Monsanto's genetically modified (GM) Roundup-Ready soybeans. The Minister had announced last week that he would issue a permit for such growing in due time before Brazil's planting season in September 2001.

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GM crops - force feeding the world

Last edited 18 October 2000 at 8:00am

GM grain

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Greenpeace reveals GM contamination trail: from Monsanto's US laboratories to Britain's chicken McNuggets

Last edited 9 December 1999 at 9:00am
9 December, 1999

A Greenpeace investigation, 'Smuggling GM in through the back door' has revealed a trail of GM contamination which leads from Monsanto's US laboratories to British consumers of McDonald's chicken McNuggets. The investigation also undermines the claims by many supermarkets, producers and fast food chains to be 'GM-free'.

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