Contaminación transgénica del maíz en México: mucho más grave
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Contaminación también en Chihuahua, Morelos, Durango, Edomex, Puebla, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí, Tlaxcala y Veracruz
Encuentran en todos contaminación con Starlink, variedad prohibida para consumo humano en Estados Unidos
Dos, tres y cuatro diferentes transgénicos en la misma planta, todos patentados por transnacionales biotecnológicas
Las comunidades indígenas y campesinas toman el proceso en sus manos, demandan parar importaciones de maíz, mantener la moratoria al maíz transgénico y detener la ley de bioseguridad en discusión en el Congreso.
Nine Mexican States found to be GM contaminated - Contamination by genetically modified maize in Mexico much worse than feared
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Mexico City, Mexico
* Contamination has been found in cornfields in the states of Chihuahua, Morelos, Durango, Mexico State, Puebla, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí, Tlaxcala and Veracruz
* Analyses show contamination with the genetically modified (GM) variety Starlink, prohibited for human consumption in the United States
* Some plants found to show presence of two, three and four different GM types, all patented by transnational biotechnology corporations
¡Patentemente equívoco!
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Después de innumerables retrasos y negaciones, Monsanto logró conservar un aberrante monopolio sobre uno de los cultivos alimentarios más importantes del planeta. ¿Hora de darle a los cocineros una nueva receta?
Patently Wrong! Monsanto species patent on soy beans upheld in Munich
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After delays, denial, and double standards, Monsanto maintains unjust monopoly on major food crop. Time to talk to the cooks about a new recipe?
Monsanto's Species-Wide Patent on Trial
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Remember 1994? Nine years ago: Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin, and Shimon Peres won the Nobel Peace Prize, Nelson Mandela was elected President of South Africa, US President Bill Clinton sent ground troops to the Persian Gulf to counter a move by Iraq's Saddam Hussein, and Brazil won the World Cup. The United Nations' Biodiversity Convention entered into force in 1994 and the Uruguay Round of GATT was drawing to a close. In the "life sciences" cosmos, Monsanto and Dupont were chemical companies with minor interests in seeds and Syngenta did not yet exist. ETC Group was known as RAFI. Also in 1994, a small biotech subsidiary of W.R. Grace, Agracetus, won a breathtakingly broad patent on all genetically modified soybean varieties, European Patent No. 301,749.