RE: RE: Frankenfoods!! Thanks Pada
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From: Kachina
Date: May 19, 2007 12:19 PM
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From: Pada
Date: May 19, 2007 9:15 AM
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From: Add me if you want to help end prohibition!
Date: 19/05/2007
Many thanks to: speedreeser
: Patti
GMO / Genetically Modified Foods
Genetically Modified Foods, Plants, Animals, Additives, Body Products, Fish, Crops and Trees have had their genes manipulated, changed, and put into other species that normally they would not mate with, blend with, consume, or grow in. Incredible combinations have been produced, and have been found to have mutations, diseases, abnormalities and trigger other diseases that otherwise may have remained dormant.
Very little testing has been done on the health effects of humans ingesting and applying genetically modified products. Tests that have taken place show animals that refuse to eat Genetically Modified feed, who upon being force-fed the Genetically Modified feed develop lesions, abnormalities, disease…and some have died.
Dozens of countries have banned the import, sale, use and planting of Genetically Modified Organisms due to lack of testing and long term study of human health and environmental effects.
The U.S. does not only NOT ban GMO’s, manufacturers are not required to identify or label a GMO ingredient in their food or body products. A conservative estimate concludes that 75+ % of American foods and body products contain genetically modified organisms. Regardless of dozens of scientific warnings, the FDA has approved widespread use of GMO ingredients in America’s foods and body products.
The following countries have banned or restricted the import, distribution, sale, utilization, field trials and commercial planting of GMO’s:
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Africa: Algeria, Egypt
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Asia: Sri Lanka, Thailand, China, Japan, Phillipines
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Europe: The European Union, Norway, Austria, Germany United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Greece, France, Luxembourg, Portugal
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Latin America: Brazil, Paraguay , Venezuala
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Middle East: Saudi Arabia
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North America: Maryland has banned GE (genetically engineered) fish and North Dakota and Montana have filed bans on GE wheat. The Municipalities of Burlington, Vermont (declared a moratorium on GE food), Boulder, Colorado (bans on GE crops) and the City and County of San Francisco (urged the federal government to ban GE food) are the only towns or states to take some sort of stand against plants, animals, foods, crops and body products that are, or contain Genetically Modified Organisms.
NOTE: The U.S. government, and the FDA do not require anything Genetically Modified to be identified on ingredient lists. Genetically Modified foods and products are in widespread use and distribution throughout the U.S.
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Pacific: American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Australia, New Zealand
From: speedreeser
Date: May 19, 2007 11:55 AM
From: Patti
Venezuala Bans Frankencrops
In a reversal of Monsanto's contracting to plant their genetically altered soybeans, Pres Chavez has moved to ban GMO's in Venezuela and start an indigenous seed bank. The importance of food sovereignty and security -- required by the Venezuelan Constitution -- was emphasized as a basis for this change.
Cultivation of genetically modified crops to be prohibited on Venezuelan soil
April 21, 2004 [Took a while to get this one out to the rest of the world]
Bylined to: Jason Tockman, Venezuelanalysis.com
http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=17960
President Hugo Chavez Frias has announced that the cultivation of genetically modified crops will be prohibited on Venezuelan soil, possibly establishing the most sweeping restrictions on transgenic crops in the Western Hemisphere. Though full details of the administration's policy on
genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are still forthcoming, the statement by President Chavez will lead most immediately to the cancellation of a contract that Venezuela had negotiated with the US-based Monsanto Corporation.
Before a recent international gathering of supporters in Caracas, President Chavez admonished genetically engineered crops as contrary to interests and
needs of the nation's farmers and farm workers. He then zeroed in on Monsanto's plans to plant up to 500,000 acres of transgenic soybeans in Venezuela. "I ordered an end to the project," said President Chavez, upon learning that transgenic crops were involved. "This project is terminated."
President Chavez emphasized the importance of food sovereignty and security -- required by the Venezuelan Constitution -- as the basis of his decision. Instead of allowing Monsanto to grow its transgenic crops, these
fields will be used to plant yuca (an indigenous crop), Chavez explained. He also announced the creation of a large seed bank facility to maintain indigenous seeds for peasants' movements around the world...
With a long history of social and environmental problems, Monsanto won early international fame with its production of the chemical Agent Orange - the Vietnam War defoliant linked to miscarriage, tremors, and memory loss, to which over a million people were exposed. More recently, the company has been criticized for side-effects that its transgenic crops and bovine growth hormone (rBGH) are believed to have on human health and the environment.
Closer to home in Venezuela, Monsanto manufactures the pesticide glyphosate, which is used by the neighboring Colombian government as part of its Plan Colombia offensive against coca production and rebel groups. The Colombian government aerially sprays hundreds of thousands of acres, destroying legitimate farms and natural areas like the Putomayo rainforest, and posing a direct threat to human health, including that of indigenous communities.
Read on at http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=3307
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This GMO news service is underwritten by a generous grant from the Newman's Own Foundation, edited by Thomas Wittman and is a production of the Ecological Farming Association www.eco-farm.org
Percentage of crops that are Genetically Modified in the U.S.:
* Soy (85%)
* Cotton (Cottonseed) (76%)
* Canola (75%)
* Corn (40%)
* Hawaiian papaya (more than 50%)
* Zucchini and Yellow Squash (small amount)
* Quest brand tobacco (100%)
From: Kachina
Date: May 19, 2007 12:19 PM
----------------- Bulletin Message -----------------
From: Pada
Date: May 19, 2007 9:15 AM
----------------- Bulletin Message -----------------
From: Add me if you want to help end prohibition!
Date: 19/05/2007
: Patti
GMO / Genetically Modified Foods
Genetically Modified Foods, Plants, Animals, Additives, Body Products, Fish, Crops and Trees have had their genes manipulated, changed, and put into other species that normally they would not mate with, blend with, consume, or grow in. Incredible combinations have been produced, and have been found to have mutations, diseases, abnormalities and trigger other diseases that otherwise may have remained dormant.
Very little testing has been done on the health effects of humans ingesting and applying genetically modified products. Tests that have taken place show animals that refuse to eat Genetically Modified feed, who upon being force-fed the Genetically Modified feed develop lesions, abnormalities, disease…and some have died.
Dozens of countries have banned the import, sale, use and planting of Genetically Modified Organisms due to lack of testing and long term study of human health and environmental effects.
The U.S. does not only NOT ban GMO’s, manufacturers are not required to identify or label a GMO ingredient in their food or body products. A conservative estimate concludes that 75+ % of American foods and body products contain genetically modified organisms. Regardless of dozens of scientific warnings, the FDA has approved widespread use of GMO ingredients in America’s foods and body products.
The following countries have banned or restricted the import, distribution, sale, utilization, field trials and commercial planting of GMO’s:
*
Africa: Algeria, Egypt
*
Asia: Sri Lanka, Thailand, China, Japan, Phillipines
*
Europe: The European Union, Norway, Austria, Germany United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Greece, France, Luxembourg, Portugal
*
Latin America: Brazil, Paraguay , Venezuala
*
Middle East: Saudi Arabia
*
North America: Maryland has banned GE (genetically engineered) fish and North Dakota and Montana have filed bans on GE wheat. The Municipalities of Burlington, Vermont (declared a moratorium on GE food), Boulder, Colorado (bans on GE crops) and the City and County of San Francisco (urged the federal government to ban GE food) are the only towns or states to take some sort of stand against plants, animals, foods, crops and body products that are, or contain Genetically Modified Organisms.
NOTE: The U.S. government, and the FDA do not require anything Genetically Modified to be identified on ingredient lists. Genetically Modified foods and products are in widespread use and distribution throughout the U.S.
*
Pacific: American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Australia, New Zealand
From: speedreeser
Date: May 19, 2007 11:55 AM
From: Patti
Venezuala Bans Frankencrops
In a reversal of Monsanto's contracting to plant their genetically altered soybeans, Pres Chavez has moved to ban GMO's in Venezuela and start an indigenous seed bank. The importance of food sovereignty and security -- required by the Venezuelan Constitution -- was emphasized as a basis for this change.
Cultivation of genetically modified crops to be prohibited on Venezuelan soil
April 21, 2004 [Took a while to get this one out to the rest of the world]
Bylined to: Jason Tockman, Venezuelanalysis.com
http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=17960
President Hugo Chavez Frias has announced that the cultivation of genetically modified crops will be prohibited on Venezuelan soil, possibly establishing the most sweeping restrictions on transgenic crops in the Western Hemisphere. Though full details of the administration's policy on
genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are still forthcoming, the statement by President Chavez will lead most immediately to the cancellation of a contract that Venezuela had negotiated with the US-based Monsanto Corporation.
Before a recent international gathering of supporters in Caracas, President Chavez admonished genetically engineered crops as contrary to interests and
needs of the nation's farmers and farm workers. He then zeroed in on Monsanto's plans to plant up to 500,000 acres of transgenic soybeans in Venezuela. "I ordered an end to the project," said President Chavez, upon learning that transgenic crops were involved. "This project is terminated."
President Chavez emphasized the importance of food sovereignty and security -- required by the Venezuelan Constitution -- as the basis of his decision. Instead of allowing Monsanto to grow its transgenic crops, these
fields will be used to plant yuca (an indigenous crop), Chavez explained. He also announced the creation of a large seed bank facility to maintain indigenous seeds for peasants' movements around the world...
With a long history of social and environmental problems, Monsanto won early international fame with its production of the chemical Agent Orange - the Vietnam War defoliant linked to miscarriage, tremors, and memory loss, to which over a million people were exposed. More recently, the company has been criticized for side-effects that its transgenic crops and bovine growth hormone (rBGH) are believed to have on human health and the environment.
Closer to home in Venezuela, Monsanto manufactures the pesticide glyphosate, which is used by the neighboring Colombian government as part of its Plan Colombia offensive against coca production and rebel groups. The Colombian government aerially sprays hundreds of thousands of acres, destroying legitimate farms and natural areas like the Putomayo rainforest, and posing a direct threat to human health, including that of indigenous communities.
Read on at http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=3307
****************************************************************************
****************************
This GMO news service is underwritten by a generous grant from the Newman's Own Foundation, edited by Thomas Wittman and is a production of the Ecological Farming Association www.eco-farm.org
Percentage of crops that are Genetically Modified in the U.S.:
* Soy (85%)
* Cotton (Cottonseed) (76%)
* Canola (75%)
* Corn (40%)
* Hawaiian papaya (more than 50%)
* Zucchini and Yellow Squash (small amount)
* Quest brand tobacco (100%)
Labels: btvol, corn, gandolfo, gmo, soy, The Truth Is Out There
posted by Gandolfo at 5/19/2007
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