Topic: Biotechnology
France blasts GM crop approvals by EU agency
Reuters Environmental Online Report
PARIS (Reuters) - Europe's food safety agency has used partial evidence to approve genetically modified crops, including a GM potato developed by BASF, and should overhaul its methods, a French environment minister said. France has previously invoked environmental risks to suspend cultivation of Monsanto's MON 810 maize, which was ...
'Battle' on GM foods can't be won: EU official
AFP Global Edition
European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek said on Wednesday he was against genetically-modified foods but said they were an unavoidable part of the future. Asked by students in Sofia whether he was against GM foods, after the EU approved their cultivation, he said: "I am, generally speaking, against because we don ...
Fury as Brussels authorises GM potatoes
AFP Global Edition
The European Commission on Tuesday approved the cultivation of genetically-modified potatoes, prompting an angry response from environmental campaign groups and two EU member governments. Austria said it was planning an immediate ban on the potatoes' cultivation, while Italy's agriculture minister slammed the commission's decision and vowed to defend ...
Lawsuit filed over GMO crops in nature refuge
Reuters Environmental Online Report
KANSAS CITY (Reuters) - Environmentalists filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service on Monday accusing the service of illegally allowing farmers to grow genetically modified crops in a national wildlife refuge. The groups said up to 80 other national wildlife refuges across the United States are ...
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