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"Majority of EU Nations Seek Opt-Out From Growing GM Crops" [1]

"Nineteen EU member states have requested opt-outs for all or part of their territory from cultivation of a Monsanto genetically-modified crop, which is authorized to be grown in the European Union, the European Commission said on Sunday.

Under a law signed in March, individual countries can seek exclusion from any approval request for genetically modified cultivation across the 28-nation EU.

The law was introduced to end years of stalemate as genetically modified crops divide opinion in Europe."

Barbara Lewis reports for Reuters October 4, 2015. [2]

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Source: Reuters [2], 10/09/2015
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