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Dr. [[Virgil Meier]] is a former employee of [[Scotts Company]], the seed company that partnered with [[Monsanto]] to try to commercialize genetically modified bentgrass, according to Portland Indymedia activist Jennifer Polis. Polis writes that after leaving Scotts, Meier was on the [[US Department of Agriculture]] assessment panel that considered the Scotts/Monsanto GM bentgrass for commercialization.<ref>Jennifer Polis, [http://www.theportlandalliance.org/2004/nov/gecrops.htm GE grass threat to land and economy], The Portland Alliance, Nov 2004, acc 6 Mar 2011</ref>
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Dr. [[Virgil Meier]] is a former employee of [[Scotts Company]], the seed company that partnered with [[Monsanto]] to petition to commercialize genetically modified bentgrass in 2003, according to Portland Indymedia activist Jennifer Polis.<ref>Jennifer Polis, [http://www.theportlandalliance.org/2004/nov/gecrops.htm GE grass threat to land and economy], The Portland Alliance, Nov 2004, acc 6 Mar 2011</ref>
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Polis writes that the International Center for Technology Assessment (ICTA) filed a federal lawsuit seeking to halt field trials of the GM bentgrass until the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) completed a full environmental review. As a result of the injunction, the USDA admitted that Meier was one of the USDA scientists involved in evaluating the GM bentgrass for approval.<ref>Jennifer Polis, [http://www.theportlandalliance.org/2004/nov/gecrops.htm GE grass threat to land and economy], The Portland Alliance, Nov 2004, acc 6 Mar 2011</ref>
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“The Meier declaration clearly calls into question the impartiality of the USDA in reviewing this product,” said ICTA Legal Director Joseph Mendelson III.<ref>Jennifer Polis, [http://www.theportlandalliance.org/2004/nov/gecrops.htm GE grass threat to land and economy], The Portland Alliance, Nov 2004, acc 6 Mar 2011</ref>
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==

Revision as of 23:15, 6 March 2011

Dr. Virgil Meier is a former employee of Scotts Company, the seed company that partnered with Monsanto to petition to commercialize genetically modified bentgrass in 2003, according to Portland Indymedia activist Jennifer Polis.[1]

Polis writes that the International Center for Technology Assessment (ICTA) filed a federal lawsuit seeking to halt field trials of the GM bentgrass until the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) completed a full environmental review. As a result of the injunction, the USDA admitted that Meier was one of the USDA scientists involved in evaluating the GM bentgrass for approval.[2]

“The Meier declaration clearly calls into question the impartiality of the USDA in reviewing this product,” said ICTA Legal Director Joseph Mendelson III.[3]

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  1. ↑ Jennifer Polis, GE grass threat to land and economy, The Portland Alliance, Nov 2004, acc 6 Mar 2011
  2. ↑ Jennifer Polis, GE grass threat to land and economy, The Portland Alliance, Nov 2004, acc 6 Mar 2011
  3. ↑ Jennifer Polis, GE grass threat to land and economy, The Portland Alliance, Nov 2004, acc 6 Mar 2011
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