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Below is Monsanto's site, check it out first then
read some of the others.
You will see how they 'Monsanto' attempt to come
across as the 'caring global citizen'.
With just a little research you'll see that Monsanto
are already responsible for a form of environmental and agricultural vandalism
never before seen in the history of the world. Some of the frightening
things that Monsanto are already doing to our planet can never be reversed.
I personally believe that before they do any more damage to our planet, the
top brass in Monsanto should be jailed for life. The dangerous pollen
that they are releasing around the world can never be brought back. Any
judge, legal person or politician anywhere in the world that defends these environmental
terrorists have labelled themselves as an accomplice in these appalling deeds
against our children and our planet. These are only my opinions however,
any High School Student of Biology can verify my short and simple stories concerning
the biology of this looming disaster at www.snakeshow.net
for even if only one quarter of the content of these stories is correct then
we are already in for a long term catastrophe.
If any person can find any errors in my work then
by all means do let me know, and i'll correct them. However i'm not interested
in hearing from nit pickers as they are just selfish time wasters.
You'll notice that this issue is rush rush rush to
feed a starving world. If they were really concerned about a starving
world then they would be trying to empower people to feed themselves; not force
farmers into using drug dependent plants. That should be obvious, even
to an idiot. There is an old saying "If in doubt don't!"
With this issue there are still more doubts than any good news. The rush
is to get their pollen out into the environment before the world wakes up to
what criminals they are. Well the world is waking up and these people
should rightly be labelled as criminals; and charged accordingly.
THIS IS MONSANTO'S SITE FIRST UP, BY ALL MEANS
CHECK IT OUT AND MAKE UP YOUR OWN MIND. I can't be any fairer than that:
www.monsanto.co.uk/index.html
Many American farmers are already hopping mad but
for them it could be too late to go back to a truly clean and green non drug-dependent
agriculture.
Here is a very interesting site by an American farmer
well worth a look. See what has already happened to them and many other
US farmers at the hands of Monsanto.
www.nelsonfarm.net
Here are some reports on how these gene tech crops
are standing up to scrutiny in the field, especially if you are a farmer who
is considering using them with all there 'promises'.
Evidence of the Magnitude and Consequences of the Roundup
Ready Soybean Yield Drag from University-Based
Varietal
Trials in 1998.
It is accessible on the AgBioTech
InfoNet website at
<www.biotech-info.net/RR_yield_drag_98.pdf>
Benbrook clearly shows that the problems with this technology are
greater than previously understood, as regards
1. the extent of the yield drag
averaging nearly 7% - even larger than emerged from the University of
Wisconsin study
(www.btinternet.com/~nlpwessex/Documents/wisconsinRRsoyatrials98.htm)
These sites all have
very important material to learn from.
You could start with this first site as it goes to the heart of the problem.
Then check out some of the sites that deal specifically with genetic modification
of our food.
APPEAL
against the patenting of living organisms
and the monopolisation of genetic resources
www.ogmdangers.org/patents/
Bob Phelps
Director
Australian Gene Ethics Network
Tel: (03) 9347 4500 or 1300 133868 Fax: (03) 9416.0767 {Int Code (613)}
email: geneethics@acfonline.org.au
THIS IS THE AUSTRALIAN SITE, MOST DEFINITELY WORTH READING.
www.geneethics.org
The Gene Ethics Network can put you onto an emailing list for updates on this
issue.
www.harvestthe.net/picks/picks.asp?pick=918
This is an Australian site. It seems that their
business is to find you whatever exists on the web that you can't find.
They have links to some excellent sites concerning gene technology. You
will find both pro and anti gene tech sites they have a great
selection to choose from.
Do check out the site by the Australian Food and Grocery Council. The Australian
Food and Grocery Council site comes up early in the list and as far as i can
see is a load of clap trap as is any site that avoids the most important issues
because it suits their pocket. Just as with Monsanto, their story is laced
with red-herrings like the "lifesaving products such as hepatitis vaccine
etc etc".
As i write this the Australian Food and Grocery Council have not made one reference
to the serious concerns about genetic wipe-out that will most certainly be one
of the 'fringe benefits' of this 'misplaced' use of gene technology. They
make no mention of the Roundup Ready Crops from which we are expected to accept
200 times more Roundup on our food than ever before. Nor do they discuss
the dangerous implications of the 'traitor and the terminator genes' which are
guaranteed to make our farmers slaves to giant corporations for ever more.
They even forgot to mention that if this technology takes hold we must pay a
royalty to the likes of Monsanto/Farmacia, Bayer, Du Pont, AstraZeneca, Aventis
and Novartis for every mouthful of food we eat. Also, that once the pollen
containing these 'traitor genes' has blown around the world it will become almost
impossible to grow food from our own seeds ever again; unless they are grown
in a greenhouse.
Perhaps these people think that a gene pool is just a pond full of trousers.
By all means read what they have to say and send them an email or a letter and
tell them what you think. You could offer to give them a lesson in basic
biology.
Another Australian site on genetically modified foods:
arkoz.com.au/gmfood.htm
On this site you'll find much about seed saving. This site also has many
links to sites concerning gene technology.
www.ozemail.com.au/~hsca/
Protecting the Right to Eat Genetically Untampered
Food |
Greenpeace have many links to other gene tech sites.
www.greenpeace.org/~geneng
A bit more from Greenpeace:
Greenpeace
www.foe.co.uk/pubsinfo/infoteam/pressrel/1999/19990217165217.html
Truefoods
The Prince of Wales' website invites contributions
and discussion regarding the genetic engineering of crops and food:
www.princeofwales.gov.uk
www.icta.org
www.purefood.org
www.organicconsumers.org
www.panna.org
Philip J. Regal
Professor
EEB Department
1987 Upper Buford Circle
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
biosci.umn.edu/~pregal/phil.html
(612) 343-5590 (H&answering machine)
(612) 624-6777 (Dept. answering machine)
regal001@maroon.tc.umn.edu
Compiled by Dr Ron Epstein
Philosophy Department
College of Humanities
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA 94132 USA
Please send all correspondence, including suggestions,
corrections, and broken links to <epstein@sfsu.edu>.
SITE N 1996 online.sfsu.edu/~rone/GEessays/gedanger.htm
(Sometimes they have articles on gene tech.)
www.nature.com
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