Hungary Destroys All Monsanto GMO Corn Fields

February 10, 2012 | Filed under: Environment,Health,News | Posted by:

Hungary has taken a bold stand against biotech giant Monsanto and genetic modification by destroying 1000 acres of maize found to have been grown with genetically modified seeds, according to Hungary deputy state secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development Lajos Bognar. Unlike many European Union countries, Hungary is a nation where genetically modified (GM) seeds are banned. In a similar stance against GM ingredients, Peru has also passed a 10 year ban on GM foods.

Planetsave reports:

Almost 1000 acres of maize found to have been ground with genetically modified seeds have been destroyed throughout Hungary, deputy state secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development Lajos Bognar said. The GMO maize has been ploughed under, said Lajos Bognar, but pollen has not spread from the maize, he added.

Unlike several EU members, GMO seeds are banned in Hungary. The checks will continue despite the fact that seek traders are obliged to make sure that their products are GMO free, Bognar said.

During the invesigation, controllers have found Pioneer Monsanto products among the seeds planted.

The free movement of goods within the EU means that authorities will not investigate how the seeds arrived in Hungary, but they will check where the goods can be found, Bognar said. Regional public radio reported that the two biggest international seed producing companies are affected in the matter and GMO seeds could have been sown on up to the thousands of hectares in the country. Most of the local farmers have complained since they just discovered they were using GMO seeds.

With season already under way, it is too late to sow new seeds, so this year’s harvest has been lost.

And to make things even worse for the farmers, the company that distributed the seeds in Baranya county is under liquidation. Therefore, if any compensation is paid by the international seed producers, the money will be paid primarily to that company’s creditors, rather than the farmers.

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  2. dave May 10, 2013 - 2:39 am

    unfortunately (although on the surface seems true) pesticides are all the way up the food chain and only a cleansing of the elite will we be able to change this. pesticides have been found on both the poles meaning no matter who bans what these poisons will still get into the food. best way to counter this is eat tamarind removes fluoride, coriander removes heavy metals, and take msm this removes the wrong type of calcium that parasites attach themselves to and cause a huge amount of the diseases today.

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  6. Keith May 12, 2013 - 11:43 pm

    Thanks, Dave

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  7. Figure it Out May 13, 2013 - 3:47 pm

    Won’t matter if all the things you say to take are GMO’s

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  9. jim May 14, 2013 - 3:03 am

    its a shame monsanto has so much control over the market because of this pollen contamination this is truly a crime against humanity, it seems their patent protection on this gene is covered na matter where the wind blows? this is also a gross corruption of patent laws and of judicial system when monsanto should be sued for contamination of crops, the patented gene is proof of their contaminating the food supply!!

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  11. VladM May 20, 2013 - 5:25 pm

    GMOs aren’t a problem anymore. 3M’s has announced that giving them up in favor of a more benign, environmentally sensitive, and phenomenally profitable product. I believe they’re calling it Soylent Green, Have a nice future.

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