By Lorraine Chow – EcoWatch, 2 September 2015
Breaking: Europe is rejecting Monsanto's GMOs, 2 more countries Greece & Latvia Just Say No! http://t.co/hGzuIQjsDS pic.twitter.com/xqPh9MAY8K
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Source: http://ecowatch.com/2015/09/02/european-countries-ban-gmos/
Lativia and Greece have chosen the “opt-out” clause of a European Union rule passed in March that allows member countries to abstain from growing GM crops, even if they are authorized by the EU. Scotland and Germany also made headlines in recent weeks for seeking a similar ban on GMOs.
According to Reuters, in many European countries, there is widespread criticism against the agribusiness giant’s pest-resistant crops, claiming that GM-cultivation threatens biodiversity.
Monsanto said it would abide by Latvia’s and Greece’s request to not grow the crops. The company, however, accused the two countries of ignoring science and refusing GMOs out of “arbitrary political grounds.”
In a statement, Monsanto said that the move from the two countries “contradicts and undermines the scientific consensus on the safety of MON810.”
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