Posted on 06/29/2013 8:19:45 AM PDT by opentalk
Monsanto Co's unapproved, experimental genetically engineered wheat, which is feared to have potentially contaminated U.S. wheat supplies after it was found growing in an Oregon field this spring, was kept in a U.S. government storage facility until at least late 2011, according to documents obtained by Reuters.
The revelation that the seed for the controversial genetically engineered wheat was kept viable in a Colorado storage facility as recently as a year and a half ago comes as the U.S. government is investigating how the strain of experimental wheat wound up growing in an Oregon field this spring.
The probe by the U.S. Department of Agriculture includes an examination of the handling of the GMO wheat seed that Monsanto directed be sent to the government-controlled National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation in Fort Collins, Colorado, beginning in late 2004, according to Peter Bretting, who oversees the center for the USDA's Agricultural Research Service
(Excerpt) Read more at mobile.reuters.com ...
That’s interesting. One theory, and at this point possibly the likeliest one, is that the sudden appearance of this variety years after Monsanto stopped field trials is deliberate sabotage. One can imagine a variety of motives and actors. The question is, who had custody of the seed?
Can Monsanto and other manufacturers of GMOs be sued on a nuisance or trespass theory when their seeds spill over into farmers’ fields who do not use them?
“New GMO Wheat May ‘Silence’ Vital Human Genes”...
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/04/23/gm-wheat.aspx
Quite the opposite. Monsanto sues the trespassed and contaminated farmer for growing patented Monsanto seeds without permission.
Monsanto wins.
“Quite the opposite. Monsanto sues the trespassed and contaminated farmer for growing patented Monsanto seeds without permission.
Monsanto wins.”
This is twisted.
GOM foods and growth hormones in food...steroids, widespread anti-biotics...
that is why I am taking ISAGENIX products :)
Yep. The best justice massive amounts of money and political influence can buy.
All wheat currently in use within the US food supply is genetically modified, well, technically hybridized. Ancient wheat is a tall, flowing plant that was not conducive to large scale production.
... Last month (May 2013) the EPA announced a final ruling to increase, yet again, the allowed residue limits in food and animal feed of glyphosate, the key active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide. Under the ruling, the allowed glyphosate level in animal feed will rise to 100 parts per million (ppm) and 40 ppm in oilseed crops
Thanks for the link; I sent the EPA a note.
The amounts in the study I posted were parts per trillion.
Can Monsanto and other manufacturers of GMOs be sued on a nuisance or trespass theory when their seeds spill over into farmers’ fields who do not use them?
Just the opposite. Monsanto sues you for infringing on their patented seed without permission. and wins in court.
I’m not sure that’s correct. The most recent case was where the farmer used GM wheat seeds which he grew to re-plant rather than buy new GM seed.
Can Monsanto and other manufacturers of GMOs be sued on a nuisance or trespass theory when their seeds spill over into farmers’ fields who do not use them?
I believe a Canadian farmer successfully sued Monsanto on that basis.
All wheat currently in use within the US food supply is genetically modified, well, technically hybridized.
You do understand that selective breeding and gene splicing aren’t the same thing?
I mean GMO, not GOM :)
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