Call for new rules to stop GM crops contaminating organic varieties

Growing crops free from contamination by genetically modified crops and the pesticides used on those biotech versions has become more difficult and more costly for US farmers.

new government rules to control contamination are needed, a report issued by an environmental organisation and an organic food group has stated.

Based on information from 268 farmers in 17 US states, the report said more than 30% of farmers seeking to grow organic crops reported that unintended GMO presence has been found or suspected on their farms, according to the report by Food & Water Watch and the Organic Farmers’ Agency for Relationship Marketing.