Monsanto Loses GMO Permit In Mexico – Judge Sides With The Bees
A number of countries around the world have now completely banned GM
food and the pesticides that go with them, or have severe restrictions
against them. This comes after the world has experienced a massive
resistance against Monsanto and other biotech giants that manufacture
GMOs and pesticides.
It’s (the resistance) also a result of numerous studies that have emerged showing the environmental and health dangers that are associated
with pesticides, as well as health dangers that could be associated
with GMOs.
The latest country to make headlines with regards to banning Monsanto
products is Mexico, as a group of beekeepers was successful in stopping
Monsanto from the planting of soybeans that are genetically modified to
resist their Round-up herbicide.
Monsanto Loses Mexican Permit
Monsanto had received a permit to plant its seeds on over 250,000
hectares of land, which equates to approximately 620,000 acres. That’s a
lot of land, and they managed to get the permit despite thousands of
citizens, beekeepers, Greenpeace, Mayan farmers, The National Institute
of Ecology and other major environmental groups protesting against it.
According to The Guardian:
“A district judge in the state of Yucatán last month
overturned a permit issued to Monsanto by Mexico’s agriculture ministry,
Sagarpa, and environmental protection agency, Semarnat, in June 2012
that allowed commercial planting of Round-up ready Soybeans. In
withdrawing the permit, the judge was convinced by the scientific
evidence presented about the threats posed by GM soy crops
to honey production in the Yucatán peninsula, which includes Campeche,
Quintana Roo and Yucatán states. Co-existence between honey production
and GM soybeans is not possible, the judge ruled.” (source)
Mexico is the fourth largest honey producer and fifth largest honey exporter in the world.
