Syngenta fined over GM tests in Brazil

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swissinfo March 22, 2006 9:49 PM

Swiss agrochemicals giant Syngenta has been hit with a SFr600,000 ($461,000) fine in Brazil for planting transgenic seeds close to a protected nature reserve. <snip>

The fine relates to the company's test site for genetically modified (GM) soya bean and corn in southern Brazil, which has been occupied by hundreds of peasant activists for over a week.

Ibama says Syngenta broke the law by planting 30 acres of transgenic soy six kilometres from Iguaçu National Park, inside a ten-kilometre exclusion zone. <snip>

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