Brussels, 04/12/2015 (Agence Europe) - Two varieties of genetically modified maize were approved by the European Commission for food/feed uses on Friday 4 December.
These are MON87427 by Monsanto and the hybrid NK603xT25, which is resistant to the herbicide Glyphosate and adjudged by the WHO and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) to be a probable carcinogen and is, for that very reason, highly controversial.
The European Parliament environment committee recently...