[PCA] [APWG] News: GMO Creeping Bentgrass Deregulated

[bmacbryde at netscape.net]

There was a legal battle through several levels of the Courts (over several years), after initial deregulation of glyphosate-resistant alfalfa. 
See link below: 


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsanto_Co._v._Geertson_Seed_Farms




Bruce MacBryde 
BioConservation Support
Drake, Colorado



-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Frates <afrates at addsuminc.com>
To: native-plants <native-plants at lists.plantconservation.org>
Sent: Tue, Jan 17, 2017 3:22 pm
Subject: Re: [PCA] [APWG] Article/News: GMO Creeping Bentgrass that Escaped Defies Eradication, Divides Grass Seed Industry - The Oregonian, Jan. 8th, 2017

Is an appeal possible?

Tony Frates
UNPS

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

> Sorry to say that it has become deregulated:
>
> https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAAPHIS/bulletins/180ed2b?reqfrom=share
>
>
>> -----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_seed_industry_fearful_ab.html
>>
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