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	View Edit Domain: GreenBio Title: * Body: Genetically modified alfalfa is coming under increasing attack, with 80 groups from across the country joining the call Tuesday to stop the introduction and field-testing of a grain engineered by Monsanto to be tolerant to that company's herbicide Roundup.<br /> <br /> "The contamination of alfalfa would be inevitable and irreversible. We've already seen an end to organic canola due to GM contamination and we can't afford to lose alfalfa," said Arnold Taylor of the Saskatchewan Organic Directorate. "Because it's pollinated by bees, genes from Monsanto's GM alfalfa would spread out of control."<br /> <br /> © Copyright (c) Canwest News Service<br /> Captcha: Please Enter Code : * Time Zone: * Select the time zone Vocabularies Newsletter: Domain: Show summary in full view Input format Filtered HTML Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically. Lines and paragraphs break automatically. Full HTML Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically. Lines and paragraphs break automatically. news_filter Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically. More information about formatting options			Related Articles Feds approve Monsanto herbicide-resistant crops Monsanto blocks research on GMO safety, harasses scientists Provincial NDP premiers supported GM foods Improving Crops from the Roots Up Applications for modified animals debated Monsanto seeks OK for low-fat soybean Scientists Refute Claim That Genetically Modified Corn Cause... Monsanto gets Mexico’s nod for GM maize pilot project Study: Genetically modified salmon can breed with wild fish USDA obeys GM rules, within law on alfalfa-Vilsack Top GreenBio Articles

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