The Campaign has launched an ACTION ALERT in response to a leaked memo showing that at a United Nations meeting this week in Bangkok, the Canadian government will attempt to overturn an international moratorium on TERMINATOR seed technology: http://www.thecampaign.org/alert_terminator.php
The ACTION ALERT allows you to send an instant e-mail to the following Canadian officials: 1) Prime Minister Paul Martin 2) Hon. Andy Mitchell, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food 3) F.B. Fadden, President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Terminator seeds are genetically engineered to be sterile and thereby prevent farmers from saving seed. This is an extremely risky and controversial technology. Some scientists worry about what could happen if the terminator is unleashed on the environment. They fear that terminator technology could migrate from one farm to another, or from a farm to wild plants.
And activists in developing nations are concerned that the technology would put too much power in the hands of a few international agribusinesses.
Visit the following web address to TAKE ACTION NOW: http://www.thecampaign.org/alert_terminator.php
FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE: ACTION ALERT - STOP TERMINATOR TECHNOLOGY NOW! http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4877 Canadian govt to unleash Terminator! - help! http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4876
The Head of the Canadian Delegation in Bangkok is Robert McLean, Environment Canada email [email protected] tel +1 (819) 997-1303
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