Green Options » Roundup http://greenoptions.com/tag/roundup Posts tagged 'Roundup' Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:59:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en A Not-So-Sweet Valentine from Monsanto http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/02/14/a-not-so-sweet-valentine-from-monsanto/ http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/02/14/a-not-so-sweet-valentine-from-monsanto/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:59:37 +0000 Beth Bader http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/02/14/a-not-so-sweet-valentine-from-monsanto/ Cookies(image courtesy Aine D on Flickr)

Did you know that nearly half the sugar we bake those heart-shaped cookies with comes not from sugar cane, but sugar beets? Additionally, by next year, much of that beet sugar could be from genetically-engineered beets? The new beet seed was created by Monsanto to be able to withstand direct application of the herbicide Roundup, which has the active ingredient glyphosate.

The Environmental Protection Agency has enabled Monsanto in releasing the new GE crop by increasing the allowable residue of the herbicide by FIVE THOUSAND percent. Beets, being a root vegetable, are especially susceptible to retaining chemical residue.

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