Court Blocks Future Crops of Monsanto’s Genetically Engineered “RoundUp Ready” Sugar Beets…
…Unless the USDA Completes an Environmental Impact Statement and Decides Again to Deregulate
The Center for Food Safety has won an important legal victory in the fight to stop the spread of untested and hazardous genetically engineered crops. After ruling that the USDA (under president George W. Bush) shouldn’t have approved genetically engineered sugar beets without assessing the Frankencrop’s potential to contaminate conventional and organic varieties, a federal judge has blocked future crops of Monsanto’s genetically engineered RoundUp Ready sugar beets. Monsanto’s GE sugar beets now comprise 95% of the nation’s sugar beet harvest.
The ball is in the USDA’s court. The pro-biotech sugar industry is urging the USDA to rush through an Environmental Impact Statement so they can plant a new crop of Monsanto’s Roundup Ready sugar beets next year.
The only thing that can stop Monsanto’s sugar beets is a massive public outcry. The Center for Food Safety’s legal work has given the USDA, under President Obama, the opportunity to do the right thing.
Now’s our chance to press Obama’s USDA to protect biodiversity and human health from contamination with FrankenGenes that never should have been released into nature or the food system!
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