Wonderful!!

On Oct 12, 2013, at 8:52 AM, Thomas Mathews, CIG wrote:

> This is very important because Mexico is home to native varieties of corn (Zea mays)..--Tom
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> Subj: MEXICO: GM suspended!!
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> http://www.foodfirst.org/en/GMO+corn+banned+in+Mexico
> Mexican judge rules that GMOs are imminent threat
> Monsanto and Pioneer must stop selling GM seeds in Mexico
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> A federal judge has ordered Mexico's Secretary of Agriculture, and 
> SEMARNAT (which is equivalent to the EPA) to immediately "suspend all 
> activities involving the planting of transgenic corn in the country 
> and end the granting of permission for experimental and pilot 
> commercial plantings".
> 
> Judge Verdugo wrote the opinion and cited "the risk of imminent harm 
> to the environment" as the basis for the decision. The judge's ruling 
> also ruled that multinationals like Monsanto and Pioneer are banned 
> from the release of transgenic maize in the Mexican countryside" as 
> long as collective action lawsuits initiated by citizens, farmers, 
> scientists, and civil society organizations are working their way 
> through the judicial system.
> 
> The judge's decision reflects a commitment to respect the 
> Precautionary Principle expressed in various international treaties 
> and statements of human rights.
> 
> This ruling marks a milestone in the long struggle of citizen demands 
> for a GMO-free country.
> 
> The class action lawsuit is supported by scientific evidence from 
> studies that have documented the contamination of Mexico's native 
> corn varieties by transgenes from GMO corn, principally the varieties 
> introduced by Monsanto's Roundup ready lines and the 
> herbicide-resistant varieties marketed by Pioneer and Bayer 
> CropScience.
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