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Biotech / Medical : Monsanto Co.
MTC 2.500-0.4%Dec 8 3:59 PM EST
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To: Exacctnt who wrote (1211)2/17/1999 12:35:00 PM
From: Anthony Wong   of 2539
 
02/17 11:28 Friends of the Earth says Monsanto fine "pathetic"

LONDON, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Environmental campaigners Friends of
the Earth on Wednesday criticised as pathetic a 17,000 pound fine
on biotechnology company Monsanto Co <MTC.N>.

"This is a pathetic fine. To a company as large as Monsanto it is less
a slap on the wrist than a tickle with a legal feather," Friends of the
Earth (FoE) Senior Food Campaigner Pete Riley said in a statement.

U.S. biotechnology giant Monsanto was on Wednesday fined for
breaching environmental regulations at a test site for
genetically-modified (GM) crops in eastern England, a spokeswoman
for the company said.

The company had not contested the case. "Commercial trials of GM
crops must be stopped. The big biotech companies must stop
playing Russian roulette with the British countryside," FoE's Riley
said, calling on the government to call a five-year freeze on licences
to produce GM crops.
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