Wednesday, 15 April 2009

Germany bans Monsanto!!!

Well only the last used of the monsanto brand of death.

From the BBC:

"Monsanto's variety, called MON 810, is resistant to the corn borer, a moth larva which eats the stem.

MON 810 is controversial in the EU. Several countries have banned it, defying the European Commission."

"In March EU governments resisted European Commission pressure to get bans on MON 810 lifted. The commission wanted Austria and Hungary to allow cultivation of MON 810. The variety is also banned in France and Greece."

"Ms Aigner, a member of the conservative Bavaria-based Christian Social Union (CSU), said she had concluded that "there is a justifiable reason to believe that... MON 810 presents a danger to the environment"."

What reason, i wonder?

5 comments:

Aquila ka Hecate said...

Mon810 produces a pesticide supposed to protect the maize from certain insects.

The amounts of the pesticide it produces, however, has been shown to be highly variable from plant to plant.
To me, this indicates that they have far less control over the mutant monsters than anyone would like to think.

Love,
Terri in Joburg

PS how're you doing now?

Anonymous said...

Good point, they love to dress it up in marketing speak, new improved etc, but i also don't believe for a second they are actually in control ...

Terri ... goddess bless you lady ... sometimes this mortal coil really is too much to bear.

peace :)

Aquila ka Hecate said...

Hmm..you're doin' it wrong. :)

The time to leave is not when you're in pain, but when you're in bliss.

Love,
Terri

Anonymous said...

Ah, so what you're REALLY saying is i need just one more REALLY fucking awesome ride?
*wink*
may be ...

My pain is secondary ... pain helps to focus ... this isn't pain as such, anger, confusion ... panic ... it's sitting close.

Aquila ka Hecate said...

I see the Dogs of War are loose, then.
.and oh fark I just remembered Venus is in the process of returning Direct after a while in Retrograde. Ouch.

I'll tune in to you a bit later tonight - awesome Capricorn Moon.

Love,
Terri