Hello All,
A couple Missouri farmers are smiling.

article from the winter 2010 issue of Small Farm Today ( No 146 pg.5)

GM Contamination

The U.S. federal jury ruled on Dec. 4 2009 , that Bayer Crop Science LP must
pay $2 million dollars to two Missouri farmers after their rice crop was
contaminated with an experimental variety of rice the company was testing in
2006.

 This verdict confirms that the responsibility for the consequences of
genetic engineering ( GM) rests with the company that releases GE crops.

 Bayer admitted it has been unable to control the spread of its GE organisms
despite "the best practices".
 It shows that all outdoors field trials must be stopped before our crops
are irreversibly contaminated.

 Greenpeace International reported that the costs incurred from the
contamination are estimated to range from $741 million to $1.285 billion
dollars. The verdict indicates that Bayer could be liable for a large
portion of these costs. These were the *first two* of more than *1000* 
currently
pending lawsuits.

From the Organic Consumers Association:
www.organicconsumers.org/article19777.cfm

The original article is at:
www.greenpeace.org/raw/content/international/press


bob

Missouri beekeeper/farmer

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