Nineteen EU countries seek GMO opt-out

[unhappycamper]

http://www.dw.com/en/nineteen-eu-countries-seek-gmo-opt-out/a-18760718

Nineteen EU member states have requested to opt out of producing genetically modified crops, effectively banning their cultivation. Germany requested a partial opt-out that would allow research into the biotechnology.

Nineteen EU countries seek GMO opt-out
04.10.2015

More than half of all EU member states met an October 3 deadline requesting the ability to opt-out of the cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMO), the European Commission reported on Sunday.

European Commission spokesman Enrico Brivio said on Sunday that 17 of the member states requested to fully opt-out of GMO cultivation, while Belgium and Britain asked that the opt-out mechanism be reserved for only part of their country's respective territories.

Meanwhile, Germany requested a partial opt-out that would still allow GMO research.

The full opt-out requests were made by Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, and Slovenia.

[cascadiance]

1. Good! Perhaps this could help us shut down TTIP "agreement"

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33055665

We may not be able to stop TPP, but we should be working with those in EU to stop TTIP where control of GMO product sales would be threatened by that agreement that they want.

Either that, or perhaps if there are special things cut in to the agreement that keep any ability for GMO companies like Monsanto to force sales in those EU countries, perhaps we can use that to help us in those same courts to stop GMO sales here in the U.S. too? Wishful thinking on my part, but perhaps we could get creative in that way!