{"id":54584,"date":"2012-03-17T20:49:51","date_gmt":"2012-03-18T00:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=54584"},"modified":"2012-03-17T20:52:08","modified_gmt":"2012-03-18T00:52:08","slug":"france-bans-gm-corn-amid-mass-us-protests-against-monsanto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/france-bans-gm-corn-amid-mass-us-protests-against-monsanto\/","title":{"rendered":"France bans GM corn amid US anti-Monsanto protests"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Rady Ananda
\nGlobal Research<\/a><\/p>\n

Amid mass US protests against Monsanto yesterday, France imposed a temporary moratorium on the planting of Monsanto\u2019s genetically modified corn, MON810.<\/p>\n

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French activists rip open bags of MON 810, a variety of Monsanto's genetically modified corn after entering a Monsanto storehouse. (AFP Photo\/Eric Cabanis)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cDue to the proximity of the planting season,\u201d said Agriculture Minister Bruno Le Maire along with Francois Fillon, Minister for Ecology and Sustainable Development, in a press release on Friday, authorities \u201cdecided to take a precautionary measure to temporarily prohibit the cultivation of maize MON810 on the national territory to protect the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00adAll prior plantings of MON810, trade name YieldGard, become illegal on March 20.<\/p>\n

Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, Monsanto announced in January that it would not sell genetically modified corn in France due to public opposition.<\/p>\n

A growing list<\/a> of human health and environmental hazards from GM crops has raised concern over bioengineered food and feed, including a literally explosive growth of a \u201cnew\u201d microbe on pig manure:<\/p>\n

Likely linked to GM feed served to most livestock in the US, methane-filled \u201cfoam\u201d growing on pig manure has resulted in several pig farm explosions since 2001, killing thousands of animals.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAnd there\u2019s no stopping it,\u201d reports the Daily Mail<\/a>, \u201cthe foam has now started growing on one in four farms across the Midwest.\u201d Scientists believe a new type of bacteria may have developed.<\/p>\n

This comports with plant pathologist Don Huber\u2019s discovery<\/a> last year of a new pathogen associated with spontaneous abortions in livestock, which has been linked to the use of glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto\u2019s Roundup herbicide.<\/p>\n

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Modified with a Bt protein to kill insects, MON810 is losing its efficacy in the US. The Western rootworm beetle \u2013 one of the most serious threats to corn \u2013 has developed resistance<\/a> to the bacterial toxin in eleven states.<\/p>\n

In early March, a group of pro-biotech corn entomologists sent a letter<\/a> to the US Environmental Protection Agency warning that insect resistance to genetically modified corn can be halted by planting non-GMO seed. The warning will likely go unheeded as the US Dept. of Agriculture announced<\/a> plans to speed up the process of GM approval by 18 months.<\/p>\n

Over the past eight months, the European Commission has approved<\/a> 11 new transgenic crops. However, EU nations can independently restrict or prohibit the sales of products under certain conditions.<\/p>\n

Also on Friday in the US, GM opponents held a nationwide protest against Monsanto. Dressed in hazmat suits, they targeted Congress for its complicity in allowing the dangerous adulterant in the food and feed supply:<\/p>\n

Protests continue today across the US, and include an action against WalMart<\/a> for planning to sell Monsanto\u2019s GM corn this year.<\/p>\n

The move to label GMO foods in the US grew stronger last week when 55 Members of Congress sent a letter<\/a> to the US Food and Drug Admin demanding the label.<\/p>\n

In California, a statewide petition drive is underway to put the labeling initiative on the ballot this November. With six weeks remaining<\/a> to collect one million registered voter signatures, the Label GMOs<\/a> group got a welcome boost when Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds designed a special seed packet to be used for the campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Rady Ananda Global Research Amid mass US protests against Monsanto yesterday, France imposed a temporary moratorium on the planting of Monsanto\u2019s genetically modified corn, MON810. \u201cDue to the proximity of the planting season,\u201d said Agriculture Minister Bruno Le Maire along with Francois Fillon, Minister for Ecology and Sustainable Development, in a press release on … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54584"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54584\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}