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2007-02-16 | permalink
Agriculture Ministry is anesthezied – GE maize is threatening Romania
Today, 10 Greenpeace volunteers from Romania, Austria, Hungary and Poland have demonstrated in the yard of Ministy of Agriculture to show Minister Motreanu that Romania doesn’t need Monsanto’s GE maize MON810. Two banners with the „Save our maize from genetic pollution” and ”Domnule Motreanu - Slavati porumbul de contaminarea genetica” texts were showed by the volunteers in front of Minister’s balcony. The activists from Austria, Hungary, and Poland, countries where the GE maize MON810 maize has already been banned together with the ones from Romania have offered ten bags fully loaded with a local maize variety that is very efficient against the cornborer. The Minister’s representatives have also received an open letter from Greenpeace demanding to ban this maize also in Romania to protect environment, human health and to eliminate the risk of contamination with GE maize.
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2007-02-16 | permalink
Agriculture Ministry is anesthezied – GE maize is threatening Romania
Today, 10 Greenpeace volunteers from Romania, Austria, Hungary and Poland have demonstrated in the yard of Ministy of Agriculture to show Minister Motreanu that Romania doesn’t need Monsanto’s GE maize MON810. Two banners with the „Save our maize from genetic pollution” and ”Domnule Motreanu - Slavati porumbul de contaminarea genetica” texts were showed by the volunteers in front of Minister’s balcony. The activists from Austria, Hungary, and Poland, countries where the GE maize MON810 maize has already been banned together with the ones from Romania have offered ten bags fully loaded with a local maize variety that is very efficient against the cornborer. The Minister’s representatives have also received an open letter from Greenpeace demanding to ban this maize also in Romania to protect environment, human health and to eliminate the risk of contamination with GE maize.
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