Thursday, May 24, 2012

France’s Ban of GM Corn Is Reversed by the EU

AFP Corn protest


 
'In 2008, France banned the GM strain of corn, MON 810, after the people protested. A French court overturned that ban in 2011. However, France’s agricultural minister overturned the court’s ruling, based on his recognition that MON 810 holds the potential of harming the environment.

Now, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has ruled that France did not provide adequate evidence to prove that “there is no specific scientific evidence, in terms of risk to human and animal health or the environment”.

Notice the use of science to back the EFSA’s claims. This is not real science. It’s the pseudo science owned by corporations like Monsanto.'

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