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Cha

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1. Yeah, damn.. this hasn't been a tragic accident waiting to happen since the get-go. :(

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Wed Oct 15, 2014, 04:02 AM

Oct 2014

"Meanwhile, Chinese regulators continue to reject GMO corn from the US which contains even traces of the Syngenta strain, and even Agri Giant, Cargill previously sued Syngenta for “exposing the agribusiness company to more than $90 million in losses by selling the trait in corn seed without China’s approval for imports.”

The MIR162 strain of GM corn was only planted on about 3percent of US crops; however, it cannot be contained, due to cross-breeding"

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US Farmers Launch Billion Dollar Class Action Suit Against Syngenta Over Chinese GMO Corn Scandal [View all] eridani Oct 2014 OP

Yeah, damn.. this hasn't been a tragic accident waiting to happen since the get-go. :( Cha Oct 2014 #1

Well, damn. KnR Hekate Oct 2014 #2

And most of those mega-farm owners who are suing Syngenta vote republican loudsue Oct 2014 #3

True dat! PuraVidaDreamin Oct 2014 #5

like when Bush put the GOPer Vilsack in charge of our food supply! MisterP Oct 2014 #9

GMO crops are not the same thing as selective breeding as some suggest madokie Oct 2014 #4

there are bigger fish to fry Agony Oct 2014 #6

Sorry madokie Oct 2014 #7

Most of the glyphosate used worldwide is produced in China KurtNYC Oct 2014 #8