25 September 2012

Open letter to Minister of Agriculture, SA for Immediate banning of all Roundup Ready maize from cultivation and import in South Africa

The ACB and several organisations and individuals have sent an open letter to Ms. Tina Joemat-Pettersson Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for the immediate banning of all RR maize in SA following the release of the Seralini NK603 study (“French Study of GMOs on rats”).

Read the Open Letter here.

Read the French Study here.

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Seralin-2012-NK603-feeding-study Download

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