In a victory for Monsanto, the EU’s food safety body rejected a request to ban Monsanto’s GM corn.
The EU food safety body ruled there is not enough ‘scientific evidence’ that the insect-resistant strain is harmful to human health or the environment
Like France, Russia has banned has banned the GM corn after a recent French study raised concerns about cancer from the product.
A 2008 France ban on the GM corn that was overturned by a French court in 2011,. was reinstated y the current Government, citing protecting the environment.
Source
The Guardian



