Commission must not 'take risk' with 'untested' GM crop: theparliament.com

Commission must not 'take risk' with 'untested' GM crop: theparliament.com:

The European commission are pushing ahead with the introduction of genetically modified maize despite public and political opposition, writes Mute Schimpf.

Last week, a record number of governments spoke out in opposition to a new genetically modified (GM) maize, that biotech company Pioneer, and the European commission are trying to push on to European fields.

The maize represents a new generation of highly toxic crops, producing an insecticide 350 times more lethal than that used for Monsanto's MON810 maize, the only other GM crop grown commercially in the EU. It is designed to also withstand a powerful weed-killer, due to be phased out over safety concerns.

 

 

Commission must not 'take risk' with 'untested' GM crop