Monsanto Contaminates Romania with Genetic Engineering

Recent Greenpeace research in Romania has exposed the fact that Monsanto's introduction of genetically engineered soybeans has virtually destroyed both conventional and organic farming in many regions. Neither the Romanian government nor Monsanto applied the precautionary principle in assessing the impact of these crops in agriculture. Berlin, Germany, 11 January 2006 Greenpeace today, joined by a former manager of Monsanto and Limagrain in Romania, Mr Dragos Dima, at a press conference at the International Green Week in Berlin exposed how Monsanto will contaminate EU agriculture with genetically engineered (GE) Soya. U.S. biotech giant made an application in December 2005 to the European Union to grow its genetically engineered (GE) 'Roundup Ready' soybeans across the whole of Europe once its current licence - permitting the beans' import but not cultivation - expires in 2006 (1).more