GM crops: organic farmer loses court case over alleged contamination

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/28/gm-canola-organic-farmer-loses-court-case-over-alleged-contamination

Summary

A farmer, called Steve Marsh, sued another farmer and his ex-friend, Michael Baxter.

Marsh said that Baxter’s GM crop drifted onto his crops and sheep. As a result, his organic certification was cancelled and he lost amount of profit by the GM crops.

Mr. Marsh asked a financial compensation and the GM crop should be banned for plantation.

However, the judge said that Baxter only needed to pay Marsh for his financial loss for Marsh. It is not necessary to stop planting the legal GM crops. Otherwise, the US Company Monsanto claims that the GM crop “were harmless to animals, people and land even if consumed.”

Vocabulary

1.          Course case 訴訟案件

2.          Canola (n.) 加拿大油菜

3.          Drift onto

Drift into (v.) 無意間進入，不知不覺陷入

4.          Injunction (n.) 命令、禁令、強制力

5.          Interference (n.) 干涉、干擾、衝突、介入、妨礙

6.          Swath (n.) 收割的痕跡

7.          Pose (v.) 造成、威脅、問題

8.          Methodology (n.) 方法學 (從事某一活動的) 一套方法

9.          Broadace

10.      Implement (v.) 實施、執行、始生效

11.      Incursion (n.) 侵犯、侵入

12.      Scathe (v.) 使之枯萎

13.      Dismissal (n.) 駁回、拒絕受理、解雇

14.      Contamination (n.) 汙染、毒害

15.      Roundup Read 轉殖

16.      Issue (v.) 造成‧‧‧結果、 在‧‧‧上挑起爭端

17.      Claim for (v.) 要求支付‧‧‧費用

18.      Germinate (v.) 發芽、生長、發展

19.      Withdraw (v.) 撤走、拿走

20.      Compensation (n.) 補償、賠償、修正

21.      Compatible (adj.) 兼容的、相容的【生物學】可共存的

Quotes

1.        Holding their breath in hopes.