European Health Commissioner Tonio Borg said he was legally obliged to approve a new strain of genetically modified maize Pioneer 1507, developed jointly by DuPont and Dow Chemical. The approval is expected even though 19 of the 28 EU countries opposed approval because under the blocs weighted voting system that was not enough to reject the crop. A Commission spokesman on Wednesday said the Commission had yet to decide when Pioneer 1507 would be authorised. Meanwhile member States are backing a compromise that would allow States to Ban GMOs, but this would also allow GMOs to get into Europe more easily unless they are banned by States... LET US SPEAK OUT IN THE MARCH AGAINST MONSANTO, THE WORLDS LARGEST PRODUCER OF GMOS Ref. news.yahoo/eu-member-states-back-compromise-164815191.html
Posted on: Fri, 30 May 2014 06:54:02 +0000
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