Oregon Counties Ban GM Crops
May 26th, 2014Via: IB Times:
Voters in two Oregon counties approved ballot initiatives Tuesday banning the cultivation of genetically modified crops.
The ballot measures add Jackson and Josephine, neighboring counties in southwestern Oregon, to the growing list of places around the world that have outlawed the highly controversial GMO crops from being grown within their borders.
The moves are being heralded by anti-GMO and food safety groups, who worry that the crops contaminate conventional and organic crops, and that not enough research has been done to ensure that genetically modified organisms don’t pose risks to human health and the natural environment.
“This is a tremendous victory for the citizens of these two counties, and for the farmers who are determined to fight the threat of unwanted contamination by GMO crops,” Ronnie Cummins, national director of the anti-GMO Organic Consumers Association, said Wednesday. “It is also a victory for the national anti-GMO movement as it builds momentum for similar bans in counties in other states.”
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