White said the USDA, in concluding that the new crop would have no significant environmental effects, discounted the likelihood that wind-borne pollen would spread to fields where conventional sugar beets, table beets and the beet variety known as Swiss chard are grown.
Planting genetically modified sugar beets has a "significant effect" on the environment, White said in his ruling Monday, because of "the potential elimination of a farmer's choice to grow non-genetically engineered crops, or a consumer's choice to eat non-genetically engineered food."
You can read the article yourself. Basically, GMO sugar beets are illegal. Already large food processors like Hershey's are urging farmers not to plant GMO beets. That means all of their chocolate products contain pesticides and explosives. No wonder we're bloated.
