Exclusive Update - Monsanto in Mexico | Corporate impunity and the beekeeper struggle against transgenic soybeans
Muuk 'Kaab Beekeeper Coop member. GMO soybean cultivation, sales continue in Campeche despite court rulings CORPORATE IMPUNITY IN THE RULE OF LAW Devon G. Peña | Seattle, WA | May 15, 2018 ‘ We don’t plant GMO seeds; we only sell them.’ – Monsanto discussing court suspension of transgenic soybeans The pivotal court ruling on the suspension of the planting of transgenic soybean in the southeastern Mexican state of Campeche was announced in July 2014; see the blog post of July 24, 2014 . The ruling was based on consideration of scientific evidence demonstrating to the court’s satisfaction that GMO soybean plantings pose threats to Mexican honey production in the states of Campeche, Quintana Roo, and Yucatán. The ruling endorsed the plaintiffs’ argument that these threats have not been subject to scientific risk study or assessment by the agencies granting commercial permits to biotechnology corporations and the agribusiness operations they serve. Nor had the authorities follow...