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Thursday, September 12, 2013

MONSANTO PROTECTION ACT QUIETLY EXTENDED BY US CONGRESS

A budget provision protecting genetically-modified seeds from litigation in the face of health risks was extended for three months in an approved US House of Representatives’ spending bill on Tuesday evening.
 
Called “The Monsanto Protection Act” by opponents, the budget rider shields biotech behemoths like Monsanto, Cargill and others from the threat of lawsuits and bars federal courts from intervening to force an end to the sale of a GMO (genetically-modified organism) even if the genetically-engineered product causes damaging health effects.

Read more - http://rt.com/usa/monsanto-protection-extended-house-741/

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