The petition to deregulate the second biotech alfalfa drew sparse public comment. Not unexpectedly, it drew far more anti-biotech responses than endorsements. One hundred of the 120 comments submitted opposed the deregulation of reduced lignin alfalfa. However, only two of the oppositions’ comments even mentioned the word alfalfa.
Most simply stated they “hate Monsanto,” according to Mark McCaslin, president of Forage Genetics, the company that developed Roundup Ready alfalfas using Monsanto biotechology.
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