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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFeds Delay Approval Of New Monsanto Crops Over Environmental Concerns
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Published time: May 15, 2013 17:57
Edited time: May 16, 2013 14:41
AFP Photo / Philippe Huguen
Biotech giant Monsanto faced a surprising setback after federal authorities refused to approve a new generation of genetically-engineered crops that could survive an unprecedented use of herbicides.
Monsanto was awarded a big win on Monday by the United States Supreme Court, but another federal ruling made only days earlier brought some comparatively bad news to the biotech giant.
The US Department of Agriculture announced Friday that theyve ordered additional environmental impact statements (EIS) for herbicide-resistant crops that have been waiting for federal approval. Now Monsanto and the chemical company Dow will have to sit anxiously and await the results of those assessments before they are given the go-ahead to sell genetically-engineer plants that have raised serious environmental issues.
At stake is the future for a variety of corn, soybean and cotton crops that have been genetically-engineered to resist two heavy-duty pesticides, namely 2,4-D and dicamba. Both Monsanto and Dow have been hoping to get the go-ahead to sell these crops, but ordering further testing will set the release date back to perhaps 2015.
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Published time: May 15, 2013 17:57
Edited time: May 16, 2013 14:41
AFP Photo / Philippe Huguen
Biotech giant Monsanto faced a surprising setback after federal authorities refused to approve a new generation of genetically-engineered crops that could survive an unprecedented use of herbicides.
Monsanto was awarded a big win on Monday by the United States Supreme Court, but another federal ruling made only days earlier brought some comparatively bad news to the biotech giant.
The US Department of Agriculture announced Friday that theyve ordered additional environmental impact statements (EIS) for herbicide-resistant crops that have been waiting for federal approval. Now Monsanto and the chemical company Dow will have to sit anxiously and await the results of those assessments before they are given the go-ahead to sell genetically-engineer plants that have raised serious environmental issues.
At stake is the future for a variety of corn, soybean and cotton crops that have been genetically-engineered to resist two heavy-duty pesticides, namely 2,4-D and dicamba. Both Monsanto and Dow have been hoping to get the go-ahead to sell these crops, but ordering further testing will set the release date back to perhaps 2015.
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Feds Delay Approval Of New Monsanto Crops Over Environmental Concerns (Original Post)
DeSwiss
May 2013
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MotherPetrie
(3,145 posts)2. GOOD. K&R
forestpath
(3,102 posts)3. Nothing but window dressing.
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)4. I sure hope not....
...but based upon their performance to-date, I'm inclined to agree.
Cha
(297,265 posts)5. Ya think.
thanks DeSwiss