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06.11.2009 | permalink
Too many farmers growing genetically engineered corn not complying with key environmental requirements
One out of every four farmers who plants genetically engineered (GE) corn is failing to comply with at least one important insect-resistance management requirement. That increases the likelihood that pesticide-resistant bugs will threaten the future of biotech crops and some of their non-biotech neighbors. That finding comes in a report released today by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, which is calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to not renew registrations of the GE corn varieties unless compliance rates improve.
- Center for Science in the Public Interest, USA: Too many farmers growing genetically engineered corn not complying with key environmental requirements
- The New York Times: Rules on Modified Corn Skirted, Study Says
- Center for Science in the Public Interest: Complacency on the Farm
- Gregory Jaffe, Director, Biotechnology Project: Letter to EPA