US Biotech Firm sees FDA Approving Cloned Meat
Starmail - 24. Jun, 06:39
Genmanipulation
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2005
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2005
Widerstand lebt: Feldbefreiung in Frankreich
Der Widerstand gegen gentechnisch manipulierten Pflanzen (GMO) ist weiterhin lebendig in Frankreich. Am 16. Juni war's internationaler Tag gegen GMO, zahlreiche Versammlungen fanden in Frankreich statt..
Angefangen hat alles in der 90er, als kleine Gruppen Felder nachts zu mähen anfingen. 2003 folgte dann ein großer Aufruf zu ziviler Ungehorsam...Das „Bündnis der freiwilligen MähenrInnen“ wurde gegründet. Zahlreiche Felder wurden im Sommer 2004 befreit.
Der Staat kündigte starke Repression an. Aktionen wurden gewaltsam verhindert, so dass „Befreiungsaktionen“ mit offenem Gesicht beinahe unmöglich geworden sind und meistens nachts durchgeführt werden.
Gerichtsverfahren wegen gemeinschaftliche Zerstörung wurden gegen die „Köpfe“ der Bewegung eingeleitet und laufen ein Jahr später noch. [...]
Weiter lesen auf Indymedia: http://de.indymedia.org/2005/06/121376.shtml
Cécile
Infoliste des Archiv Aktiv - Auswertungen und Anregungen für gewaltfreie Bewegungen e.V., Sternschanze 1, 20357 Hamburg
Angefangen hat alles in der 90er, als kleine Gruppen Felder nachts zu mähen anfingen. 2003 folgte dann ein großer Aufruf zu ziviler Ungehorsam...Das „Bündnis der freiwilligen MähenrInnen“ wurde gegründet. Zahlreiche Felder wurden im Sommer 2004 befreit.
Der Staat kündigte starke Repression an. Aktionen wurden gewaltsam verhindert, so dass „Befreiungsaktionen“ mit offenem Gesicht beinahe unmöglich geworden sind und meistens nachts durchgeführt werden.
Gerichtsverfahren wegen gemeinschaftliche Zerstörung wurden gegen die „Köpfe“ der Bewegung eingeleitet und laufen ein Jahr später noch. [...]
Weiter lesen auf Indymedia: http://de.indymedia.org/2005/06/121376.shtml
Cécile
Infoliste des Archiv Aktiv - Auswertungen und Anregungen für gewaltfreie Bewegungen e.V., Sternschanze 1, 20357 Hamburg
Starmail - 23. Jun, 18:50
Transgenic Trees Pose Risks for Natural Foresters
Orchardists
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 21, 2005 (ENS) - Participants at BioDemocracy 2005, the alternative conference to the Biotechnology Industry Organization's yearly gathering, are demanding a ban on the release of genetically engineered (GE) trees into the environment.
"Genetically engineered trees are already being researched in the field, and industry is moving rapidly toward commercialization without regard for the predictable and inevitable impacts they will have on ecosystems and communities," four conservation groups said in a statement today.
The Sierra Club, the Global Justice Ecology Project, Southern Forests Network and STOP GE Trees Campaign say there has been little risk assessment on the impacts of gene drift from genetically modified trees, and they charge that regulatory agencies are acting as facilitators for industry rather than champions of the public interest.
"Gene drift has caused widespread contamination of non-GE seeds in farm crops less than a decade after commercialization," said Alyx Perry, coordinator of the Southern Forests Network. "GE trees will much more quickly contaminate forests with traits that could make them incapable of producing sawtimber and unable to support wildlife," said Perry.
Test plots of genetically engineered in the Southeast threaten to contaminate the forests of Pennsylvania and the entire east coast of the United States and Canada, the groups warn.
"Transgenic forestry focuses on native trees species that have pollen and seeds historically known to travel for hundreds if not thousands of miles," they said today.
Legal concerns are being raised about the potential escape of genetically modified tree pollen or seeds into native trees. The conservationists cite the Canadian case of canola farmer Percy Schmeiser who was successfully sued by Monsanto for patent violations when his crops were contaminated by Monsanto's transgenic canola. Schmeiser lost his canola crop and had to pay $160,000 in legal fees.
"This opens the very serious question about who will own trees on public or private lands that become contaminated by GE tree pollen, and what will be the legal and financial ramifications for the owners of that land," the groups said.
Proponents of transgenic trees say they offer potential solutions to forestry problems. In a 2004 study, Roger Sedjo of Resources for the Future, says, "Transgenic trees could increase the productivity of industrial wood, and benefit the environment by taking the pressure off of old-growth and natural forests."
Sedjo says other benefits include restoration of certain diseased or damaged tree species, as well as toxic cleanup and bioremediation, by creating trees to remove heavy metals and other toxics from contaminated soils in places where other forms of cleanup are too expensive.
"Just as in agriculture, biotechnology and transgenics are controversial topics in forestry," Sedjo acknowledges.
There are many aspects to the controversy, as today's comments of the conservation groups indicate.
"In addition to GE trees threatening Pennsylvania's native forests, GE apple trees, being researched in nearby Cornell University, threaten the millions of conventional and organic apple trees in production in Pennsylvania," said Dr. Neil Carman of the Sierra Club.
"GE contamination could lead to economic disaster for Pennsylvania's apple growers in much the same way that GE papaya in Hawaii has wiped out many conventional and organic papaya farmers there. The only solution is to ban the release of GE trees into the environment," Carman said.
"While the genetic engineering PR spin doctors are cranking out propaganda about how GE trees will solve our problems, the fact is GE trees will cause massive new problems, some of which we can't possibly foresee," said Orin Langelle, coordinator of the STOP GE Trees Campaign, an alliance of 13 organizations from the U.S. and Canada committed to banning transgenic trees.
ECOTERRA Intl.
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 21, 2005 (ENS) - Participants at BioDemocracy 2005, the alternative conference to the Biotechnology Industry Organization's yearly gathering, are demanding a ban on the release of genetically engineered (GE) trees into the environment.
"Genetically engineered trees are already being researched in the field, and industry is moving rapidly toward commercialization without regard for the predictable and inevitable impacts they will have on ecosystems and communities," four conservation groups said in a statement today.
The Sierra Club, the Global Justice Ecology Project, Southern Forests Network and STOP GE Trees Campaign say there has been little risk assessment on the impacts of gene drift from genetically modified trees, and they charge that regulatory agencies are acting as facilitators for industry rather than champions of the public interest.
"Gene drift has caused widespread contamination of non-GE seeds in farm crops less than a decade after commercialization," said Alyx Perry, coordinator of the Southern Forests Network. "GE trees will much more quickly contaminate forests with traits that could make them incapable of producing sawtimber and unable to support wildlife," said Perry.
Test plots of genetically engineered in the Southeast threaten to contaminate the forests of Pennsylvania and the entire east coast of the United States and Canada, the groups warn.
"Transgenic forestry focuses on native trees species that have pollen and seeds historically known to travel for hundreds if not thousands of miles," they said today.
Legal concerns are being raised about the potential escape of genetically modified tree pollen or seeds into native trees. The conservationists cite the Canadian case of canola farmer Percy Schmeiser who was successfully sued by Monsanto for patent violations when his crops were contaminated by Monsanto's transgenic canola. Schmeiser lost his canola crop and had to pay $160,000 in legal fees.
"This opens the very serious question about who will own trees on public or private lands that become contaminated by GE tree pollen, and what will be the legal and financial ramifications for the owners of that land," the groups said.
Proponents of transgenic trees say they offer potential solutions to forestry problems. In a 2004 study, Roger Sedjo of Resources for the Future, says, "Transgenic trees could increase the productivity of industrial wood, and benefit the environment by taking the pressure off of old-growth and natural forests."
Sedjo says other benefits include restoration of certain diseased or damaged tree species, as well as toxic cleanup and bioremediation, by creating trees to remove heavy metals and other toxics from contaminated soils in places where other forms of cleanup are too expensive.
"Just as in agriculture, biotechnology and transgenics are controversial topics in forestry," Sedjo acknowledges.
There are many aspects to the controversy, as today's comments of the conservation groups indicate.
"In addition to GE trees threatening Pennsylvania's native forests, GE apple trees, being researched in nearby Cornell University, threaten the millions of conventional and organic apple trees in production in Pennsylvania," said Dr. Neil Carman of the Sierra Club.
"GE contamination could lead to economic disaster for Pennsylvania's apple growers in much the same way that GE papaya in Hawaii has wiped out many conventional and organic papaya farmers there. The only solution is to ban the release of GE trees into the environment," Carman said.
"While the genetic engineering PR spin doctors are cranking out propaganda about how GE trees will solve our problems, the fact is GE trees will cause massive new problems, some of which we can't possibly foresee," said Orin Langelle, coordinator of the STOP GE Trees Campaign, an alliance of 13 organizations from the U.S. and Canada committed to banning transgenic trees.
ECOTERRA Intl.
Starmail - 23. Jun, 14:29
22
Jun
2005
Unterlagen über Gen-Mais-Fütterungsversuche veröffentlicht
Nicht mehr geheim: Unterlagen über Gen-Mais-Fütterungsversuche veröffentlicht (22.06.05)
Die Umweltschutzorganisation Greenpeace hat am Mittwoch bisher vertrauliche Dokumente des Gentechnik-Konzerns Monsanto über Fütterungsversuche an Ratten mit genmanipuliertem Mais veröffentlicht. Am Montag hatte das Oberverwaltungsgericht in Münster den Bericht freigegeben, nachdem Greenpeace Akteneinsicht nach EU-Gentechnikrecht beantragt hatte. Die Tiere hätten Gesundheitsschäden aufgewiesen, nachdem sie mit Monsantos Gen-Mais MON 863 gefüttert wurden, berichten die Umweltschützer. So habe sich das Blutbild verändert und es seien Organschäden aufgetreten. Das Die Naturschützer sehen in dem Urteil des Oberverwaltungsgerichts eine Präzendenzentscheidung für Fälle, in denen Firmen ihre Unterlagen über die Risikobewertung von Gen-Pflanzen geheim halten. Laut Greenpeace entscheidet am Freitag der EU-Umweltministerrat in Luxemburg darüber, ob der Gen-Mais nach Europa importiert werden darf.
Die ganze Nachricht im Internet:
http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=11277
Die Umweltschutzorganisation Greenpeace hat am Mittwoch bisher vertrauliche Dokumente des Gentechnik-Konzerns Monsanto über Fütterungsversuche an Ratten mit genmanipuliertem Mais veröffentlicht. Am Montag hatte das Oberverwaltungsgericht in Münster den Bericht freigegeben, nachdem Greenpeace Akteneinsicht nach EU-Gentechnikrecht beantragt hatte. Die Tiere hätten Gesundheitsschäden aufgewiesen, nachdem sie mit Monsantos Gen-Mais MON 863 gefüttert wurden, berichten die Umweltschützer. So habe sich das Blutbild verändert und es seien Organschäden aufgetreten. Das Die Naturschützer sehen in dem Urteil des Oberverwaltungsgerichts eine Präzendenzentscheidung für Fälle, in denen Firmen ihre Unterlagen über die Risikobewertung von Gen-Pflanzen geheim halten. Laut Greenpeace entscheidet am Freitag der EU-Umweltministerrat in Luxemburg darüber, ob der Gen-Mais nach Europa importiert werden darf.
Die ganze Nachricht im Internet:
http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=11277
Starmail - 22. Jun, 22:18
20
Jun
2005
Food agency accused of Stalinist tactics over GM maize cover-up
Starmail - 20. Jun, 22:47
Unwissentlich Gen-Mais angebaut
Bayern
München/Passau (dpa) - In Bayern haben 22 Bauern unwissentlich gentechnisch veränderten Mais angebaut. Die Landwirte hatten herkömmliches Saatgut bestellt, vom Hersteller aber mit Genmais belastete Samen geliefert bekommen. Der Ökolandbauverband Biokreis in Passau bezeichnete die Verunreinigung als «Skandal». Weder die betroffenen Bauern noch die Verbraucher seien informiert worden. Nach Angaben des bayerischen Umweltministeriums vom Montag bedeutet die Panne für die Verbraucher keine Gefährdung, da die Gensaat in der Europäischen Union zugelassen sei. Die Landwirte hatten rund 150 Hektar mit dem Saatgut bepflanzt.
http://www2.netdoktor.de/nachrichten/index.asp?y=2005&m=6&d=21&id=119472
München/Passau (dpa) - In Bayern haben 22 Bauern unwissentlich gentechnisch veränderten Mais angebaut. Die Landwirte hatten herkömmliches Saatgut bestellt, vom Hersteller aber mit Genmais belastete Samen geliefert bekommen. Der Ökolandbauverband Biokreis in Passau bezeichnete die Verunreinigung als «Skandal». Weder die betroffenen Bauern noch die Verbraucher seien informiert worden. Nach Angaben des bayerischen Umweltministeriums vom Montag bedeutet die Panne für die Verbraucher keine Gefährdung, da die Gensaat in der Europäischen Union zugelassen sei. Die Landwirte hatten rund 150 Hektar mit dem Saatgut bepflanzt.
http://www2.netdoktor.de/nachrichten/index.asp?y=2005&m=6&d=21&id=119472
Starmail - 20. Jun, 22:10
