Legal liability problems
* Contamination of rice crops in the United States with an unapproved GM variety has lead to millions of dollars being paid out in compensation to affected farmers by biotech company Bayer following a court ruling (Bloomberg, 4 December 2009)
Farmers
told GM crops are 'too dangerous to insure'
Canadian
NFU seeks GM pollution liability justice
Cross-Pollination
Leads to Triple Herbicide Resistance ISB News Report
EU farmers liable for GM
damage
NFU Mutual won't insure GM
crop trial risks
Monsanto sues Nelson farm: A
North Dakota family's frustrations with genetically engineered soybeans
Illinois Asks Dealers Not to
Sell A Controversial Monsanto Corn Seed
Monsanto fears GM
liabilities
National Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against
Starlink Producer
StarLink fiasco wreaks havoc in the heartland
Schmeiser v Monsanto Canola
pollution case - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
US farmers raise
GM legal, marketing and production questions
EU Farmers to be liable for
GM food claims
Farmes can't get GM
risk insurance cover
Swiss
farmers seek compensation for seed contaminated by GM
Updates and details on Percy Smeicher V Monsanto
law suit
See photo
of surviving volunteer GM canola plants in Canada after spraying with Roundup!
Canadian NFU fights 'genetic
pollution'
Canadian
GM pollution case
GM maize
pollination risk
GM oilseed rape
pollen travels at least 4.5 km
Tesco to ban produce from GM
trial sites
Why consumers do not want to eat genetically engineered foods
Tryptophan GMO toxicity
incident - $2 billion in claims for deaths and disease
EU proposes farmer liability
for GMO hazards
Insurance
risks from genetic engineering
Chartered Surveyor Monthly on GM legal liability problems
Land values at risk from GM
crops
RICS Land Values Report
GENE TRANSFER BETWEEN
CANOLA (Oilseed Rape) AND RELATED WEED SPECIES - full research paper: University of Idaho,
and other references
Other farm property rights
violation issues associated with this technology