Monday 26 April 2010
Washington - 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.
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