Sugar Beets- Monsanto Is Still in the Ring
By Cassandra Anderson
Revised August 20, 2010*
Last week, federal Judge Jeffrey White refused a request for an injunction on GMO sugar beets, but the GMO plants are illegal to grow at this time, pending an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) by the USDA and possible further legal action. Sugar beets comprise 50% of the sugar used in US food, and 95% of the sugar beets grown in the US are GMO. It is the jurisdiction of the US Department of Agriculture to determine whether plants are environmentally safe; this case is about whether the plants can cross pollinate (by wind, insects, etc) and contaminate other plants.
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