Europe: two thirds of EU states reject GMO crops, file cultivation opt-out requests

Written on October 6th, 2015 in politics Comments Off

Published on Russia Today RT, Oct 5, 2015.

Two thirds of EU states have requested to be allowed to ban the growing of genetically modified crops in their countries, choosing the “opt-out” clause of a European Commission rule that allows members to override EU-wide GMO approvals. (This means), nineteen European Union member states have requested opt-outs from the acculturation of genetically-modified crops for all or part of their territory, the European Commission announced.

The Commission rule, passed in March, allowed its 28-member states to abstain from growing GMO crops, even if the specific GMO strain had already been authorized to be grown within the union. Even though GMOs branded as safe by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) are allowed for use and cultivation in the EU, the states were given the October 3 deadline to decide on an “opt-out” option … //

… Monsanto, whose Roundup herbicide packed with glyphosate was labeled by the World Health Organization’s as a “possible carcinogen,” has led a campaign against the environmentalists ahead of the deadline, claiming that the ban “contradicts and undermines the scientific consensus on the safety of MON810.”

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Links:

Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC? on naked capitalism, by Yves Smith, Oct 5, 2015;

Russland wird erfolgreich sein, wo der Westen es gar nicht wollte – Bouthaina Shabaan, Assad-Beraterin, auf KOPP online, 1. Okt 2015;
Buch: Russland verstehen, von Gabriele Krone-Schmalz, KOPP Verlag: der Kampf um die Ukraine und die Arroganz des Westens;

Russland debattiert über eine unorthodoxe orthodoxe Alternative, auf KOPP online, von F. William Engdahl, 1.Okt 2015: Seit westliche Länder 2014 finanzielle Sanktionen gegen russische Banken und Unternehmen verhängten, läuft in Russland eine wichtige Debatte. Es geht um einen Vorschlag des Moskauer Patriarchats der Orthodoxen Kirche, der in vielen Aspekten islamischen Modellen für ein zinsfreies Bankwesen ähnelt. Erstmals vorgestellt wurde der Vorschlag im Dezember 2014 auf dem Höhepunkt der Rubel-Krise und angesichts des freien Falls des Ölpreises;

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Migrants and Refugees (HBO), 17.55 min, uploaded by LastWeek Tonight, Sept 28, 2015;

uploaded by The Richie Allen Show:
There’s No Such Thing As A Clean Vaccine – with Sherri Tenpenny, 36.25 min, Sept 25, 2015;
on Jeremy Corbyn, Syria … and more – with David Icke, 106.20 min, Sept 16, 2015;

TPP In Depth, on Council of Canadians.org;

Websites:
Intrepid Report;
Mondialisation.ca;
People’s Voice.org;
People’s World;
Political Affairs.net;
TalkLeft;
The Populist.

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