U.S. court cuts off appeals in Monsanto alfalfa case

A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday left in place an injunction barring Monsanto Co from selling its Roundup Ready alfalfa seed until the government completes an environmental impact study on how the genetically modified product could affect neighboring crops.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the company's request for a rehearing of its appeal and said it would accept no more petitions for rehearing in the three-year-old case.
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3.7
by Dwight Rousu - Jul. 1, 2009

The notice of the court ruling is short and factual.

Readers may want to research the dangers of roundup, the legal badgering of Monsanto, the history of escaped pollen from GMOs, and the lack of safety testing of GMO food.

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