‘Monsanto Protection Act’ slips silently through US Congress (http://rt.com/usa/monsanto-congress-silently-slips-830/)
RT | March 26, 2013

The US House of Representatives quietly passed a last-minute addition to the [Agriculture Appropriations Bill (http://appropriations.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=299993)] for 2013 last week – including a provision protecting genetically modified seeds from litigation in the face of health risks. …

…Previously discovered pathogens in Monsanto’s Roundup Ready corn and soy are suspected of causing infertility in livestock and to impact the health of plants.

… Critics are thus far alarmed by the very way in which the provision made it through Congress — the rider was introduced anonymously …

The approval of GMO alfalfa is also mentioned in this article.