[Heaven] GM Crops Go To US High Court, Laws On The Line
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Crops Go To US High Court, Laws On The Line
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments
Tuesday in its first-ever case involving
genetically modified crops. The decision in
this case may have a significant impact on
both the future of genetically modified
foods and government oversight of that and
other environmental issues. The case,
Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms,
revolves around an herbicide-resistant
alfalfa, the planting of which has been
banned in the U.S. since a federal court
prohibited the multinational Monsanto from
selling the seeds in 2007. That decision
found that the U.S. Department of
Agriculture did not do a thorough enough
study of the impacts the GM alfalfa would
have on human health and the environment and
ordered the agency to do another
environmental impact statement (EIS) review.
Though a draft was released in December,
"there is no anticipated date" for
the final EIS, Suzanne Bond, a spokeswoman
with the USDA division charged with
regulating GM organisms - the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) -
told IPS.
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