date:Aug 05, 2013
So much for the vision of a GMO-free Europe: Following Monsantos announcement that it would no longer seek approval to grow new crops in the EU, Frances Council of State court overturned a ban the government placed on the companys MON 810 corn in 2012.
Unlike the Round-Up resistant corn thats so commonly planted in the United State, MON 810 is designed to excrete a toxin thats poisonous to insects. So if any European corn borers take a bite out of stalk or ear, they die. The variety was appr