Majority of EU nations seek opt-out from growing GM crops

[Jesus Malverde]

Source: Reuters

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Nineteen EU member states have requested opt-outs for all or part of their territory from cultivation of a Monsanto genetically-modified crop, which is authorized to be grown in the European Union, the European Commission said on Sunday.

Under a law signed in March, individual countries can seek exclusion from any approval request for genetically modified cultivation across the 28-nation EU.

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Although widely grown in the Americas and Asia, public opposition is strong in Europe and environmentalists have raised concerns about the impact on biodiversity.

Commission spokesman Enrico Brivio on Sunday confirmed in an emailed statement the Commission had received 19 opt-out requests following the expiry of a deadline on Saturday.

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1. kick

[PADemD]

2. Are GM crops part of the TPP?

[Enthusiast]

3. We must get that TTIP ratified so we can force GM crops on the EU!

[Dawson Leery]

4. kick

[bananas]

5. Good. nt

[cprise]

6. K&R

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

7. "Although widely grown in the Americas and Asia, public opposition is strong in Europe..."

Well, public opposition in the US is pretty strong too, but our politicians are bought and paid for.