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Montevideo, November 21st 2024 - 12:28 UTC

Tag: Genetically Modified Organisms

  • Friday, January 10th 2014 - 06:27 UTC

    Construction of Monsanto plant in north Argentina halted on environmental grounds

    Activists had been blockading the construction site for 113 days, preventing workers from completing work on the plant

    A labor appeals court in north-central Argentina ruled that the construction of a Monsanto plant is unconstitutional, halting work on the site. The three judge court ruled 2-1 in favor of the activists who filed a legal appeal against Monsanto’s GMO seed plant on environmental protection grounds in the municipality of Malvinas Argentinas, located in central Cordoba Province.