Maine Farmers Allowed to Grow GM Corn
August 3, 2007| |
Corn farmers in Maine are allowed to grow the insect resistant corn or Bt corn after a resolution was approved by the Board of Pesticides Control. Maine becomes the last state to allow propagation of the genetically-modified (GM) corn in the USA. The Bt corn will only be grown for animal feed. The approval came even amidst concerns of contamination from organic farmers, and of potential threats to wildlife, plants and people. The board supported that their action is consistent with their mandate of reducing pesticide use and to give Maine farmers a competitive advantage in the sector. Supporters of the decision added that the technology has been there for about a generation and no long-term effects on humans were detected.
The three corn seed companies Dow AgroSciences, Pioneer Hi-Bred International and Monsanto will be required to provide sales data to the state to keep track of seed use. "We have to weigh that risk against pretty clearly defined benefits," said board member Daniel Simonds, a forestry consultant. "I'm having a hard time seeing the net adverse effect as being unreasonable."
View article at http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles//07/28/maine_becomes_last_state_to_allow_genetically
_altered_corn/
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