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Bio-tech firm told to follow the law. A farmer
disposes of an ear of genetically engineered corn while Greenpeace
activists hold a banner protesting against genetically modified
organisms (GMOs) in an Oriental Mindoro farm where such corn was
believed to be grown. The environmental group also called on Monsanto,
a US-based bio-tech corporation, to respect the law and stop contaminating
the province with GMOs. Oriental Mindoro has imposed a ban on GMOs.
Phasing out plastic bags
’counterproductive,’ says agency
The Australian Productivity Commission says banning or phasing
out plastic bags may be counterproductive. The commission, which
undertakes public inquiries into a broad range of economic and
social issues affecting the welfare of Australians, found that
the harm done to the environment by the shopping bags was overestimated
in previous studies, and that the costs of a ban would outweigh
the economic benefits. The commission argued that consumers recycle
the bags as rubbish receptacles, and that they then play a role
in containing harmful substances in landfill. Australia’s
two main supermarket chains, Coles and Woolworths, have meanwhile
failed to reach a target of reducing the use of plastic bags by
50 percent, managing only a 45-percent cut, according to lobby
group Planet Ark. Bloomberg
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