“Monsanto and DuPont Lose Initial Appeals over Mexico GM Maize Ban”, 20 Mar 2015

…The collective of organizations known as Acción Colectiva del Maíz announced that they had secured four more favorable court decisions involving amparo (shelter) corporate challenges seeking to end the GMO corn ban in Mexico. These are pivotal victories…more administrative and judicial reviews remain to be adjudicated…According to advocates…the judges recognized…the defense of biodiversity and the quality of corn as the nation’s principal staple food item…Corn producer Emiliano Juárez explains the significance of the upholding of the ban: “It is clear that if the planting of transgenic corn is contaminating our countryside and foods; the effect is the same as tobacco, both on our health and in the fields, and there is no way to avoid dispersion in the environment while the damage to our bodies is seldom immediate.”…[The article refers to Dow AgroSciences, DuPont, Monsanto, Pioneer and Syngenta]