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Environmental

Oct. 26, 2010

Judge to Decide Beet Remedy

A federal judge said Friday that he will hold an evidentiary hearing to determine what to do about genetically modified sugar beets that were likely planted in violation of environmental laws.

By Rebecca Beyer

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - A U.S. judge said Friday he will hold an evidentiary hearing to determine what to do about genetically modified sugar beets that were likely planted in violation of environmental laws.

In August, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White ordered the government to conduct a full-blown review of the Roundup Ready Sugar Beets - engineered to be resistant to Roundup herbicide a...

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