RE: Monsanto gives up fight for GM plants in Europe
June 2, 2013 at 8:11 am
(This post was last modified: June 2, 2013 at 8:13 am by Tiberius.)
(June 2, 2013 at 8:05 am)The Germans are coming Wrote: Is there currently a famin in Europe? Am I missing something?No...but crops getting destroyed by pests is a bad thing for the farmer. Besides, there are countries with famines outside of Europe that we trade with...
Quote:I actualy heared the argument that geneticaly supirior plants distroy biodiversity on a episode of QI, since this is my source, I cannot say if Stephen Fry was correct or not.Well without a proper source I can't really comment. What biodiversity did they mean, etc.? Monsanto provide a very specific pesticide for a type of pest, and a seed which is resistant to the pesticide.
Quote:Washing seeds, meat and vegetables with chlorine for example.Without a source that Monsanto does this, and that they were planning to do it in Europe, I'm not sure what your point is.
Almoust all major food factories in the US do that, and it is illegal here.
