[PCA] Fwd: [APWG] Article/News: GMO Creeping Bentgrass that Escaped Defies Eradication, Divides Grass Seed Industry - The Oregonian, Jan. 8th, 2017

Tony Frates afrates at addsuminc.com
Tue Jan 17 14:29:15 CST 2017


Is an appeal possible?


Tony Frates/UNPS






Quoting josh wilson <joshwilson.smg at gmail.com>:

> Sorry to say that it has became deregulated;
> https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAAPHIS/bulletins/180ed2b?reqfrom=share
> On Jan 12, 2017 11:50 AM, "Lindsey Riibe" <riibe.lindsey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> According to the attached 12/8/2016 *Capital Press Ag* news article, the
>> decision to deregulate the genetically engineered glyphosate-resistant
>> creeping bentgrass will be made by the USDA Secretary of Agriculture after
>> the close of the final public comment period, which was Monday.
>>
>> Attached are several of many research papers re aspects of the expanding
>> problem of transgenic *Agrostis* and hybrids with *Polypogon* getting
>> into various landscapes and habitats.
>>
>> Bruce MacBryde, PhD
>> BioConservation Support
>> Drake, Colorado
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Lindsey Riibe <riibe.lindsey at gmail.com>
>> To: Alien Plant Working Group <apwg at lists.plantconservation.org>
>> Sent: Wed, Jan 11, 2017, 9:16 am
>> Subject: [APWG] Article/News: GMO Creeping Bentgrass that Escaped Defies
>> Eradication, Divides Grass Seed Industry - The Oregonian, Jan. 8th, 2017
>>
>> [image: The_Oregonian.jpg]
>>
>>
>> Sunday   January 8, 2017
>>
>> GMO grass that 'escaped' defies eradication, divides grass seed industry
>>
>> Article attached as file. And, here is the link:
>>
>> http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2017/01/grass_s
>> eed_industry_fearful_ab.html
>>
>> [image: gr-cbg & canal.png]
>>
>>
>>
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