Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-05-13-Speech-2-028"
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"en.20030513.2.2-028"2
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"Mr President, it emerged in Denmark at the weekend that glyphosate has penetrated into the upper groundwater reservoirs. That is very significant in a country like Denmark where we drink water directly from the tap. The crop spray is called Roundup and is manufactured by Monsanto. Roundup is approved and used extensively in the rest of the EU.
For me, it is no surprise that poison, when systematically dispersed, ends up in our precious groundwater. It has to be possible, in a case like this, to hold Monsanto clearly liable for what has happened to Danish groundwater. Monsanto is also behind the large-scale genetic modification of plants. Plants are genetically modified so that they become resistant to, for example, Roundup, with the result that weeds can be sprayed more vigorously without the crop being damaged. It should therefore also be possible to hold Monsanto liable for the disease and permanent damage that will be caused by the use of genetically modified crops.
In Denmark, we have banned a large proportion of the pesticides on the market in the rest of the EU. The EU is now in the process of forcing Denmark to lift the ban on a number of these pesticides. It has compelled Denmark to use the genetically modified plants without making anyone liable for the pollution of the countryside that this involves. It is completely unacceptable."@en1
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