GM WATCH MONTHLY REVIEW No. 55
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FROM REVIEW EDITOR, CLAIRE ROBINSON
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Please tell all your non-English speaking friends about our past Monthly Reviews in Portuguese, Dutch and German.
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Claire [email protected]
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MONTHLY REVIEW CONTENTS
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QUOTES OF THE MONTH
RESISTANCE / BANS ON GM
POSILAC'S LAST STAND
RAVAGED BY ROUNDUP
CONTAMINATION
RESEARCH
GM CROP BREAKDOWN
LOBBYWATCH
SCIENTIFIC MISREPRESENTATION
CORPORATE TAKEOVER
HUNGER BY NUMBERS
CATHOLIC CHURCH
GM TOBACCO
MONSANTO MOVIE
NEW RESOURCES
GM EXPANSION
AUSTRALIA'S GM BANS
GENETIC CROSSROADS
CAMPAIGNS OF THE MONTH
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QUOTES OF THE MONTH
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+ GM SAFE? THAT'S A LIE
'Any scientist who tells you they know that GMOs are safe and not to worry about it, is either ignorant of the history of science or is deliberately lying. Nobody knows what the long-term effect will be.' - Geneticist, David Suzuki, giving the 2008 Commonwealth Lecture in London
http://www.westender.com.au/stories.php?s_id=867
+ THE TIPPING POINT
'It's reached the tipping point. Even Wal-Mart's customers are demanding milk free from genetically engineered hormones.' - Ronnie Cummins, director of the Organic Consumers Association in the US
http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=8915
+ IT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT
'Let's be clear about one thing: The reason why processors are marketing products with absence [of Monsanto's GM hormones] claims is simply because consumers are demanding it. If you don't believe me, just ask parents who buy milk for their children if they prefer milk from cows that have not been treated with artificial hormones.' - Jerry Slominski, International Dairy Food Association executive
http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=8926
+ THE GREAT EXPERIMENT THAT FAILED
'As far as genetic engineering for food, that is the great experiment that has failed. They literally have the entire world market against them. All those dreams... the blind will see, the lame will walk... has turned out to be science fiction. They are basically chemical companies selling more chemicals. They've been able to spread these herbicide-promoting plants around because it is more convenient for farmers who can just mass-spray their crops. But they've given absolutely nothing to the consumer while causing more chemical pollution and contamination.' - Lawyer, Andrew Kimbrell, executive director of the Center for Food Safety (USA)
http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=8854
+ 'MONSANTO TRIED TO DESTROY HER'
Quote about scientist Rachel Carson, author of Silent Spring, the book that woke up the world to the dangers of pesticides: 'Monsanto tried to destroy her. They mounted a tremendous advertising campaign to discredit her and invalidate her work. They wanted to ruin her in every possible way they could.' - John Robbins, Common Ground Interview http://www.foodrevolution.org/commonground.htm
More on Monsanto's attacks on Rachel Carson and others
http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=8925
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RESISTANCE / BANS ON GM
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+ ROMANIA TO BAN GM MAIZE
In announcing a ban an intended ban on GM maize MON810, Romania becomes the seventh of Europe's leading maize producers to ban the growing of the only GM variety approved for cultivation in the EU. Romania is following France, Hungary, Italy, Austria, Greece and Poland. In the past, Romania has been one of the most receptive markets in Europe for GM crops, leading to its U-turn being labelled a 'seismic change'. The Financial Times calls Romania's ban a 'fresh blow to the biotechnology industry'. Romania is the EU's top maize producer in terms of hectares. Even so, only 300 hectares of MON 810 have been cultivated in Romania since 2007, representing only 0.01 per cent of Romania's total maize production.
http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=8933
http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=8928
http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=8936
http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=8939
+ WALES SET TO BAN GM CROPS
Proposals by the Welsh Assembly government will effectively ban GM crops from Wales. New regulations, if adopted, will set Wales apart from England in applying a strict 'polluter pays' principle that will put an end even to trial GM plantings.
http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=8896
http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=8836
+ FRENCH FARMERS DON'T LIKE GMOs - SURVEY
A majority of farmers who responded to a survey by the leading French co-operative Terrena are hostile to the use of GMOs. Over 3,000 members responded; 66% of them said GMOs are not the answer to the growing demand for agricultural products.
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