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30.07.2010 |

Greenpeace has taken action today to prevent contamination from GM crops

Greenpeace activists quarantine illegal GE crops in Italy
Greenpeace activists quarantine illegal GE crops in Italy

Greenpeace identified the illegal Monsanto maize type, MON810 in northern Italy. Activists from Italy, Austria, Germany and Hungary intervened to prevent the spread of GM pollen. “For days these crops will have been contaminating not only neighbouring fields, but countryside further away as well, as insects and winds disseminate their pollen,” said Federica Ferrario, Greenpeace Italy Agriculture campaigner.

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