Opponents Take Swing at GMO Grass

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Looks like Scott's is seeking to test round-up ready grass/turf. Let's see, GM crops, GM grass, GM trees.....cross breeds, takes over natural...hmmm...are we prepared for an unnatural, potentially sterile landscape? I think not. Oh, but the golf course managers LOVE it.

Peace - Anna

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The bioengineered grass is now in the final stages of approval. The three-month public comment session ended in early March. Among the opponents were environmental groups such as the Sierra Club and the Nature Conservancy, which have long spoken out against bioengineering.

The United States Golf Association has come out in favor of the biotech grass. After all, 60 different bioengineered crops have received federal approval -- including tomatoes, corn, soybean, canola, potatoes and papaya trees.

"The irony is, you're cooking your french fries in oil that's genetically engineered," says Stanley Zontek, a regional manager with the golf association.

But the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service have urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture to delay approval for the turf in order to do more research on its potential impact.

"What we're saying is let's be very careful until it's proven that it's not going to do the things we're concerned about -- like take over," says Jim Gladen, director of the Forest Service's watershed, fish, wildlife, air and rare plants division.

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