
US court orders GMO beets destroyed
• AFPA federal judge has ordered what is believed to be the first-ever destruction of a genetically modified crop in the United States, saying that the altered sugar beets were planted illegally.
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A federal judge has ordered what is believed to be the first-ever destruction of a genetically modified crop in the United States, saying that the altered sugar beets were planted illegally.
What we have here is a willful act of TREASON on the part of the Senate and all the supporters of this legislation.
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