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Luxembourg: Environment Minister signs "No to GMO" on Greenpeace truck

26/03/2010 A Greenpeace bus tour against GMOs started today in Luxembourg where 83% of the citizens are against GMOs. Three ministers (environment, health and agriculture) participted in the kick-off event and vowed their support for the tour. "GMOs have negative consequences for biodiversity, human health and the environment", said Greenpeace campaigner Maurice Losch while environment minister Marco Schank, put his signature on the bus for a GMO free Europe. The bus is heading throughout Europe with final destination Spain. More in french / Mehr auf Deutsch

Do it again!

25/03/2010 "Stop the Crop" - our call for an EU moratorium of GMO approvals has just started today. The first websites are putting the letter to national ministers online and we have translations in English, German, French, Spanish and Dutch available so far. More to come. Please join us now and spread the word. The Avaaz-petition has just surpassed the 300.000 signature mark.

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Monsanto says won’t sell GMO maize in France in 2012

U.S. biotech firm Monsanto said on Tuesday it does not plan to sell its genetically modified maize MON810 in France this year, nor after, even though the country’s highest court overturned a 3-year ban in November. “Monsanto considers that favorable conditions for the sale of the MON810 in France in 2012 and beyond are not in place,” the company said in a statement, adding that it had told the French authorities about its intentions.