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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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 31 2014, @06:24PM
...had I gotten here first.
In addition, GMO soy is linked to sterility, infant mortality, and birth defects. [google.com]
GMO crops are also linked to intestinal irregularities. [google.com]
We've mentioned here before that a multi-vetted study found that Roundup-Ready GMO Maize Causes Serious Health Damage. [soylentnews.org]
There are also indications that GMO corn is a powerful allergen. [googleusercontent.com] (orig) [commondreams.org]
As for the "untested" claim made above, the results of real-world testing are in and those are negative:
Mother Nature is selecting for weeds that are glyphosate-resistant. [google.com]
As you said, there is no logic to signing on to Monsanto's monopoly and destroying one of the remaining storehouses of biodiversity.
-- gewg_