USDA publishes draft EIS for Roundup Ready alfalfa

摘要

USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service last week released a 1,476-page draft environmental impact statement (EIS) that evaluates the potential environmental effects of deregulating Roundup Ready alfalfa for renewed planting in the United States. The agency's finding:"Preliminarily, APHIS concluded that there is no significant impact on the human environment due to granting non-regulated status to RR alfalfa," the report states.