Monsanto biotech alfalfa lawsuit ratchets up - Reuters

[Eugene]

Monsanto biotech alfalfa lawsuit ratchets up

By Carey Gillam

Fri Mar 2, 9:15 PM ET

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Biotech crop critics said they were asking for a
permanent injunction to stop the planting of Monsanto Co.'s genetically modified alfalfa
after failing to negotiate a settlement with U.S. regulators by a court-imposed deadline
on Friday.

Also Monsanto said it was filing a motion on Friday to intervene in the closely watched
case, which is one in a string of recent court rulings criticizing U.S. government oversight
of biotech crops. Monsanto said several farmers also plan to ask to intervene in the case.

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The center filed the lawsuit along with farmers, consumers, and environmentalists against
officials with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Animal Plant Health Inspection Service
and the Environmental Protection Agency.

The group alleged that biotech alfalfa could create super weeds resistant to herbicide, hurt
production of organic dairy and beef products because alfalfa is an important cattlefeed and
cause farmers to lose export business due to risks of contamination to natural and organic
alfalfa.

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Full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070303/us_nm/monsanto_alfalfa_dc_1

Earlier: USDA criticized by 2nd judge over genetic crops - Reuters

[msongs]

1. farmers using WRONG tactics - they should sue Monsanto for contaminating their crops ->

recently saw a movie about all this and how monsanto is suing farmers when monsanto toxic waste plants show up in farmer's fields. the farmers are sued for using monsanto crops illegally.

actually the farmers should be suing monsanto because monsanto is contaminating the farmers' own crops and fields, which is the bigger crime, and probably the only crime.

the poisoners are getting away with their crimes because farmers are not organized and the democratic party politicians are whores to the toxics industry. North Dakota has TWO democrat senators yet they do nothing to help ND farmers in this matter.

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