Hollande vows to uphold ban on Monsanto GM corn

[dipsydoodle]

French President François Hollande said Friday the country will maintain its current ban on growing genetically modified (GM) corn sold by US agriculture industry giant Monsanto, despite a court’s decision to lift the moratorium.

“The moratorium will be prolonged,” Hollande said during a visit to a farm in the southwestern region of Dordogne, adding the ruling would have to be reviewed at the national and European level.

“Why did we impose a moratorium on GM? Not because we are against progress, but for the sake of progress,” the president said. “We cannot allow one crop –corn– to have a negative effect on other crops.”

A ban on MON810 corn – one of two kinds of GM food crops whose cultivation is approved by the European Union – has been in place in France since February 2008 and extended in 2012.

France's Council of State ruled this week that the French moratorium imposed on growing MON810 failed to uphold European Union law.

http://www.france24.com/en/20130803-france-uphold-ban-gm-corn-monsanto-hollande-council-state

Priot to this : French court lifts ban on growing Monsanto GMO corn http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014554902

and : No more GMO: Monsanto drops bid to approve new crops in Europe http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014542511

[Berlum]

1. Hang in there little buddy

[xchrom]

2. du rec.

[dipsydoodle]

6. Hollande has gone up a few pegs in my esteem with this.

[Heather MC]

3. Wouldn't it be awesome if the Headline read: Obama upholds ban on Mansanto:

And then I wake.

At least I have a Monsanto ban in my personal life

[pipoman]

4. What are the claims against

GM corn?

[Heather MC]

5. This

Corn Flakes With a Side of Cancer: Why America Should Pay Attention to France's GMO Research


www.policymic.com/mobile/articles/15889/french-gmo-rqesearch-finds-monsanto-corn-causes-cancer-america-should-pay-attention

A new study in France has found genetically modified maize to have devastating effects on the health of lab rats — which could indicate risks for other biological creatures, including humans. For two years, these rats were fed a diet of 33% genetically modified corn developed by Monsanto. The results are horrific. The rats “developed tumours the size of ping-pong balls, liver damage and digestive problems” according to the study.

This could be enough for France to convince the entire European Union to ban the production of the genetically modified corn, specifically called “NK603,” if the French health agency Anses can back up the findings of the study. Russia has already called for a temporary ban on the product. Though an initial review by the European Food Saftey Authority rejects the study's findings on the basis of inadequate details on its procedures, a final review will take place next month, giving researchers time to present more on the study's specific designs. "For the past decade, EFSA has consistently sided with the biotech industry and disregarded health or environment concerns about genetically modified crops. Instead of picking holes in peer-reviewed research, they should take public concerns seriously," said Friends of the Earth campaigner Mute Schimpf.

[Progressive dog]

9. This is from 10 months ago, reprinted at Polymic and

says this

Though an initial review by the European Food Saftey Authority rejects the study's findings on the basis of inadequate details on its procedures, a final review will take place next month, giving researchers time to present more on the study's specific designs.

Next month would have been 9 months ago.
From Polymic header

Kaylin Greene
in
Science
10 months ago

This was a group of researchers with propaganda, not science, as their goal.

[dipsydoodle]

7. Risk of negative effect on other crops.

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[reusrename]

8. Bee colony collapse disorder can be caused by Monsanto corn.

It seems the seeds are coated with a man-made fertilizer that gets airborne during planting. This stuff is crazy toxic to bees.

As far as the science behind this claim goes, it's exactly like trying to link tobacco to lung cancer, with exactly the same push-back from Monsanto.

[Berlum]

10. .