Environmentalists win court battle stopping GMO eggplant research in Philippines
Thu, 08/01/2013 - 13:55
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- Year: 2013
- Length: 7:00 minutes (6.41 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
In France today, the country’s top administrative court overturned
its government’s ban on a type of genetically-modified corn made by
Monsanto. Last month, Monsanto announced it would not pursue any patent
approvals for new GMO crops in Europe, but this one had been approved
since 1998 and embroiled in legal and political battles ever since.
Meanwhile, in the Philippines, a recent court order has taken that
country in a different direction on GMO policy. Environmentalists and
organic farmers have won a battle against a new GMO crop: eggplant. The
eggplant is modified to produce a bacterium that kills insects which
attack it. FSRN’s Madonna Virola reports.
(http://fsrn.org/audio/environmentalists-win-court-battle-stopping-gmo-eggplant-research-philippines/12355)
