Comments on: Percy and Monsanto http://urbanworkbench.com/percy-and-monsanto Sustainable Designs for Life Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:19:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Duncan Drennan http://urbanworkbench.com/percy-and-monsanto/comment-page-1#comment-344 Duncan Drennan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-344 That is absolutely shocking! That is absolutely shocking! With GM contamination having happened all over the world, how will farmers protect themselves against this? That is absolutely shocking! That is absolutely shocking! With GM contamination having happened all over the world, how will farmers protect themselves against this?

]]> By: Mike http://urbanworkbench.com/percy-and-monsanto/comment-page-1#comment-345 Mike Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-345 The law in Canada provides The law in Canada provides little to no protection against the Patent Rights of a company like Monsanto to contaminate your field then claim full rights over the whole field - even if the contamination is only 1%. It sounds absolutely ludicrous, but the genes are what is patented, and whereever they are present, it is Monsanto's property. Which begs the question, and Percy did touch on this - can these genes pass through to higher lifeforms, birds, bees , bugs, even humans? Percy's answer is yes. The law in Canada provides The law in Canada provides little to no protection against the Patent Rights of a company like Monsanto to contaminate your field then claim full rights over the whole field – even if the contamination is only 1%.

It sounds absolutely ludicrous, but the genes are what is patented, and whereever they are present, it is Monsanto’s property. Which begs the question, and Percy did touch on this – can these genes pass through to higher lifeforms, birds, bees , bugs, even humans? Percy’s answer is yes.

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