The March Against Monsanto will see hundreds of thousands in 40 countries unite to challenge biotechnology corporations and protest against genetically modified foods, which despite bans in some countries due to health hazards remain legal in many others.
3:00 GMT: Watch RT’s Anastasia Churkina report on the
upcoming global protest.
Video:
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2:44 GMT: Activists begin gathering for Sydney protest
hours before the scheduled time.
2:14 GMT: Nick Bernabe, one of the organizers of the
protest in California told RT that activists “want to spread
awareness and we want to start from the ground up.”
“The easiest thing you can do to know what’s in your food is
to grow your own food,” he said. “We start there. At the
very top we want labeling and a ban, but I think we should work
from the ground up to have the best results.”
2:20 GMT: Hundreds of people gathered for an event in
Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia.
1:51 GMT:
1:48 GMT:
1:36 GMT: On the eve of the global protest against GMO,
the US Senate overwhelmingly rejected a bill that would allow states to decide if
genetically modified food products should be labeled.
Since the FDA has not made scientific conclusions, the opponents
of the measure argued, GMOs should not be labeled.
“I believe we must rely on the FDA’s science-based
examination before we make conclusions about food ingredients
derived from genetically modified foods,” said Sen. Debbie
Stabenow (D-Mich.), who chairs the Agriculture Committee.
1:00 GMT: We are beginning our extensive coverage of the
global protest organized by the ‘March Against
Monsanto’ movement. An estimated 200,000 activists are expected
participate in the massive campaign spanning six continents, 40
nations, and at least 48 US states.
Video:
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This article originally appeared on: RT