Will Monsanto beat the rap for the "wild" GM wheat found in Oregon?
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June 6th, 2013
Recently GM modified wheat was found growing in Oregon Article and a lawsuit has been filed about contamination by GM wheat.
Monsanto is claiming that this could not have happened accidently through pollen or stray seeds and that the planting was accidental (where did the seeds come from) or purposeful. It appears that they are saying someone did this to spite them. Do you buy their argument?
Do you find it odd that this occurred immediately after Congress approved the Monsanto Protection Act (or what Steven Colbert Video referes to as the Monsanto Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free Card act).
What would be the reason that someone would do this to Monsanto now when they have this protection?
How could Monsanto benefit from doing something like this themselves?
Could this force the EU and Japan to accept GM foods?
Will they win in court?
What are the odds they file suit for unlawful use of their product?
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I don’t view it as a deliberate act by anyone, but more of an indication that Monsanto can’t control how seeds are spread by nature, and therefore there was cross planting from their experimental field.
It will not force Japan or South Korea to accept US grown wheat, let along EU, Japan, and Korea to accept GM wheat. Monsanto has pulled its GMOs from the EU because of strong resistance in Europe.
@zenvelo according to Monsanto it was last tested in 2001 and the project was abandoned in 2005. Supposedly it has not been available for over 7 years but I suppose it could have been growing there all along but no one tested it until now.
@zenvelo __“The genetically modified wheat was found on about 1 percent of the farmer’s field and was not concentrated in a single area, Bernasek said. It was discovered after unwanted “volunteer” seedlings survived when sprayed with the weed killer glyphosate, which led to tests that identified the wheat as a Monsanto strain.“__ Source
Monsanto will win, hands down. The lawsuit is frivolous.
The more interesting question is whether Monsanto has the right to sue someone who uses Monsanto GMO seeds that manage to “escape.”
@LostInParadise I believe they all ready have Source and have millions of $$$$ set aside just to terrorize farmers.
Since MONSANTO has many members of Congress in their pockets (including the FDA) & since they have the backing of the State Department…. I expect that MONSANTO will get away with whatever they choose to get away with.
@Linda_Owl – it is also possible that Monsanto is just plain not guilty here.
That article is filled with opinions of lawyers. I’d agree that this is an isolated incident, not related to the natural pollination of seed. A seed that doesn’t cross polinate it’s original gene characteristics won’t all of a sudden modify itself over only a few years, anyone that has been taught anything about evolution knows that.
Also, there is no such thing as “the Monsanto protection act,” get your information straight. That only aids to all of this anti-gmo scare tactic propaganda.
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