Mexico Continues to Prohibit and Interdict Monsanto's GMO Corn, This Time, by Court Decision
OpEdNews Op Eds 2/10/2017 at 02:26:20
Mexico Continues to Prohibit and Interdict Monsanto's GMO Corn, This Time, by Court Decision
By Stephen Fox
Monsanto's plans to spread GMO seeds continue to be obstructed, at least in other nations, most notably, in Mexico, in which their ban on GMO corn.
This legal battle continues, and in the last week of January, a Mexican court upheld a 2013 ruling that followed a legal challenge on the effects GMO crops have on the environment, which temporarily put a stop on GMO corn-growing, including pilot plots.
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Mexico is the birthplace of modern corn, domesticated about 8,000 years ago and today the planet's most-produced grain.
If new U.S. President Donald Trump upends the North American Free Trade Agreement as he has threatened and U.S. supplies are not longer available, Tamayo said Mexico might have to look to other major corn producers, like Argentina and Brazil.
More:
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Mexico-Continues-to-Prohib-by-Stephen-Fox-Biotechnology_Corn_Corporate-Manipulation_Corporations-Agriculture-170210-999.html
Environment & Energy:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1127108229
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