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posted by LaminatorX on Sunday August 31 2014, @10:13AM   Printer-friendly
from the not-gonna-chance-it dept.

Mexican Judge Pulls Monsanto's GMO Soybeans Permit to Protect Honey Production

Mexican beekeepers are celebrating a victory over biotech giant Monsanto after a judge in the state of Yucatán overturned a permit forbidding the company from planting its Roundup-ready GMO soybeans.

In his decision, the judge said he was convinced that there was enough scientific evidence to link GMO soybeans with the threats to bee populations, including the mysterious illness called colony collapse disorder.

According to the Guardian, the permit had originally allowed Monsanto to plant GMO soybeans in seven states on more than 625,000 acres of land even despite "protests from thousands of Mayan farmers and beekeepers, Greenpeace, the Mexican National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity, the National Commission of Natural Protected Areas and the National Institute of Ecology." In the ruling, the judge noted that honey production and GMO soybeans cannot coexist in a sustainable fashion.

 
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  • (Score: 0, Flamebait) by LookIntoTheFuture on Sunday August 31 2014, @11:02AM

    by LookIntoTheFuture (462) on Sunday August 31 2014, @11:02AM (#87807)

    You're not going to try pushing your hosts file crap again are you?

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