Germany Bans a Variety of Monsanto GMO Corn

Alex Tiller - Wednesday, April 15, 2009

On Tuesday April 14, 2009, Germany joined the growing European rebellion over GMO crops by banning MON 810.

Agriculture minister Ilse Aigner, a member of the conservative Bavaria-based Christian Social Union (CSU), said she had concluded that "there is a justifiable reason to believe that... MON 810 presents a danger to the environment".

"I have come to the conclusion that genetically-modified corn from the MON 810 strain constitutes a danger to the environment," Aigner told reporters in Berlin.

Germany's decision goes against the European Commission's decision to support the lifting of bans on planting MON 810 which have been imposed by governments in France, Austria, Hungary, Greece and Luxembourg.

Full Article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7998181.stm

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