Court dismisses Greenpeace lawsuit over GMO trials
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AFTER MORE than a decade, the Supreme Administrative Court Tuesday dismissed Greenpeace's lawsuit against Department of Agriculture (DOA)'s alleged negligence in relation to genetically modified (GM) papaya demonstration plot that prompted fears of contam
The verdict upheld the 2008 Central Administrative Court’s ruling that the DOA had taken necessary legal steps to control the widespread usage of GMO plants, had cancelled the distribution of GM papaya seeds to farmers and had taken steps to eradicate GM papaya trees in 2004.
In 2006, Greenpeace filed a lawsuit against the DOA for alleged negligence in testing GM papaya at its research site in Khon Kaen province in 2004, which reportedly led to the contamination of farms nearby.
The Nation
