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Article #3846Re: Wow! Stupid or What?! GM Threat
From: John Cawston
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 08:04
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 08:04
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Annemarie wrote: > I wonder if the farmers could sue Monsanto for contaminating their un GM > modified crops, so another words instead of just trying to defend the case > come in with a countersuit (cripes how do you spell that?) > If it was a certified organic farmer especially I think they could have a > good case. First. The Court accepted that the farmer had saved seed he brought from Monsanto in 1997, stored it and later sowed it in defiance of patent. It was a case of theft. The Court established clearly that this was the case and that accidental pollination was a specious excuse. An open and shut case. JC
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