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BASF Moves GM Plant Research From Europe To US
ananyo writes "The German chemical giant BASF is moving its transgenic plant operations from Europe to the U.S., it says, because of widespread opposition to the technology. The company on 16 January announced that it would move its plant science headquarters from Limburgerhof, Germany to Raleigh, North Carolina and no longer develop plants solely for cultivation in Europe. The division employs 157 people in Limburgerhof, plus another 63 at facilities elsewhere in Europe. BASF said it would relocate 123 of those jobs to the North Carolina facility. In statement, Stefan Marcinowski, a member of BASF's Board of Executive Directors, cited 'a lack of acceptance for this technology in many parts of Europe – from the majority of consumers, farmers and politicians.' The company instead plans to focus on plant biotechnology markets in the Americas and Asia."
This is good news. In 10 years, when tens of thousands of terrorists are created from the populations who have been most damaged by the use of transgenics in food, maybe they'll see Germany as the enemy instead of the US.
We should never feel bad when a dangerous, sociopathic corporations decides to move its 100 jobs someplace else.
Now, if we can just convince DuPont and ADM to do the same. I hear the latest corn and sugar beet frankensteins are so toxic that not even rats will eat them. There are hundreds of peer-reviewed scientific articles that link these poisonous creations to all sorts of diseases and birth defects, so maybe we should have had a little discussion before the FDA approved them for sale overseas without so much as a tiny indication on teh package that they are GMO.
Is there anything so bad that a corporation won't do it in order to get a small bump in stock price?
You are welcome on my lawn.
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If you have Jewish relations, their Cyklon B was also exceptional.
Capitalism at work would be allowing food to be labelled, not forcing it to be. There's nothing stopping you from asking for your superstitions to be pandered to, whether it be kosher, halal, veganism or this.