Monsanto Kills North Dakota GE Wheat Moratorium

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/31/health/31DAKO.html
Proposal to Bar Altered Wheat Seems Doomed

By ANDREW POLLACK
New York Times
March 31, 2001

A bill that would prohibit planting genetically modified wheat in North
Dakota for two years appears headed toward defeat, legislators in the state
said yesterday.

The State Senate's Agriculture Committee amended the bill on Thursday to
replace the moratorium with a study of the benefits and risks of genetically
modified crops.

Senator Kenneth Kroeplin, a co- sponsor of the moratorium proposal, said
that he would try to revive it on the floor of the Senate but conceded that
the chances of success were slim. "The bill as is is pretty much dead," said
Mr. Kroeplin, a Democrat.

The bill, which was approved by the state's House of Representatives by a
wide margin, would have been the first state law banning a genetically
modified crop. It has gotten further than a few dozen other state bills that
would regulate such crops or require labeling of bioengineered foods.

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