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04/15/2009: "Germany Bans Cultivation of GM Corn"

Under the new regulations, the cultivation of MON 810, a GM corn produced by the American biotech giant Monsanto, will be prohibited in Germany, as will the sale of its seed. Aigner told reporters Tuesday she had legitimate reasons to believe that MON 810 posed "a danger to the environment," a position which she said the Environment Ministry also supported. In taking the step, Aigner is taking advantage of a clause in EU law which allows individual countries to impose such bans.

Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND) both welcomed the ban. Greenpeace's genetic engineering expert, Stephanie Towe, said the decision was long overdue, explaining that numerous scientific studies demonstrated that GM corn was a danger to the environment.

However the ban could prove costly for the German government. Experts in Aigner's ministry recently told SPIEGEL that it will be hard to prove conclusively that MON 810 damages the environment, which could enable Monsanto to win a court case opposing the ban and potentially expose the government to 6-7 million [Euros] ($7.9-9.2 million) in damages.

[ The German government is doing the right thing. No government should feel forced to accept Monsanto's poisonous and destructive products. ]

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,618913,00.html

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on Wednesday, April 15th, Ninety Nine said

Monsanto, Jewish owned, can go suck a dick! Saudi Arabia banned Barbie as a "Jewish doll," and Mattel isn't suing them (it might be true lol), so Monsanto should fuck off. Why shouldn't Germany be allowed to ban Monsanto's product, even if it were not toxic? Sorry for the graphic language at the beginning, but today, I'm mad!