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• Video: GM-free food production: a unique selling point for Ireland - the food island: 17 November 2009 press conference on the business case for Ireland's GM-free label, with Richard Corrigan (Michelin star chef and TV host), Darina Allen (Slow Food Ireland, Good Food Ireland, Free Choice Consumer Group, Artisan Food Forum, and the Farmers Market movement), Malcolm Thompson (Irish Cattle and Sheepfarmers Association), Evan Doyle (the Taste Council, Organic Trust and Euro-Toques Ireland), Dr. John Fagan (Cert ID), and Michael O'Callaghan (GM-free Ireland): |
GM-free food production: a unique selling point for Ireland - the food island from justmultimedia on Vimeo.
Mail on line: Jab that could put a stop to stress without slowing us down, By Rachel Quigley
Last updated at 10:32 AM on 2nd August 2010.
GM FOOD: FACTS NOT CROPS
The European Commission has just approved growing genetically modified crops for the first time in 12 years, putting the GM lobby's profits over public concerns -- 60% of Europeans feel we need more information before growing foods that could threaten our health and environment. 25 August, for Immediate Release,
Contact: GATES FOUNDATION INVESTS IN MONSANTO!
Last week, (the 16th of August 2010), the Foundation for the Prevention of Abuse of Genetic Manipulation 'VoMiGEN' of Mr. R. Verlinden from Rotterdam, the Netherlands, had a case at the Dutch Council of State against the Ministry of Environment about the GMO-carnation "Moonaqua" to be imported in Europe. There is no reason the grow (Colombia in greenhouses) and import these at all, only because of a change in colour. The flower is totally different, shorter stems, less leaves. And to see whether its not toxic for men, they use cells of embryos. I don't want to get these flowers on Mothers Day! Result will follow. Read the following! Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms (Question No EFSA-Q-2007-177) Adopted on 12 March 2008 Fragment: Carnation Moonaqua 123.8.12 and the parental variety FE123 were grown in field trials in The Netherlands in 2000 and in Australia in 2005 and compared for several morphological characteristics. The comparison of data from these field trials identified significant differences between the GM carnation and the parental variety FE123. The GM carnation has smaller flowers, reduced stem thickness at the 5th node, and reduced numbers of stamens, styles and anthers and stamen length. cut 19 August 2010, TestBiotech: Traces of genetically engineered maize and soy in goats, fish and pigs. August 2010: Greenpeace:Important news from India Sign the petition now!PETITION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: EFSA AND THE FOOD |
Everything You HAVE TO KNOW about Dangerous Genetically Modified Foods from Jeffrey Smith on Vimeo.
May 3rd:
Please send this URGENT message to US Government leaders to protect your right to know which foods are made from genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Send an email today to the Secretaries of State (Clinton), Agriculture (Vilsack), and Health and Human Services (Sebelius)..
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - The Institute of Near Eastern & African Studies (INEAS) in Mass., USA, and other international organizations and individuals from five continents celebrated the International Seed Day (ISD) on April 26 2010.
20th of April 2010: The Voice of Russia:
Russia says genetically modified foods are harmful!
20th of April 2010: Source: Friends of the Earth Spain
15,000 people have gathered this morning in Madrid under the slogan "For a Food and GE Free Agriculture."
Farmers, environmentalists and consumers around the country have toured the city demanding the Government to follow the same path followed by countries like France, Germany or Austria, and ban the cultivation of GM maize in Spain.
See the photos here.
Spain is the only EU country that grows GM a large scale. Last year, 76,000 hectares were planted with genetically modified maize in Spain. This cultivation is carried out under an absolute lack of transparency and control, with numerous cases of contamination of crops and foods. Still, the government is ignoring their social and environmental impacts, and health consequences that have led other countries to ban it.
We are in the Spanish half of the EU Presidency and the Government has, if anything, even more responsibility to drive another model of food and agriculture. However, when the European Commission approved a few weeks ago the cultivation of a transgenic potato, Spain was one of the few countries that supported this decision.
7th of April 2010: Breaking News: Organizations in India successfully halt HPV vaccination program.
A federal judge on Monday struck down patents on two genes linked to breast and ovarian cancer . The decision, if upheld, could throw into doubt the patents covering thousands of human genes and reshape the law of intellectual property! Learn more....
24th of March 2010. Testbiotech: Genetically engineered corn causes new plant pest.
Testbiotech warns that fields will turn into battlefields
Munich / Bremen - Large- scale cultivation of genetically engineered corn is causing
the spread of a new pest in the US Corn Belt. The western bean cutworm infests the
tips of the corncobs. Massive damage is being reported from those regions where the
corn MON810 (sold as YieldGard by company of Monsanto) is grown on large scale.
17th of March 2010 Anti GMO demonstration outside the Polish Parliament!
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 2:15 PM
GM-free victory as trials are scrapped.
The world's largest chemicals company BASF has scrapped plans to conduct trials of genetically modified potatoes in the Netherlands.
BASF send only one map where the trails should have been located. So people could not know where both fieldtrails would come.The European GMO-free Citizens did sent a petition to the Ministry of Environment on this. Today spokeswoman Miep Bos got an e-mail from the Ministry BASF had scrapped the two extra trails in Gelderland, the Netherlands.
Subject: DGM/SAS IM 07-006/02 en DGM/SAS IM 07-007/02
6th of March 2010. the EU asks your opinion on a GMO-carnation (assessment rapport) with changed colour the Moon Shadow, C/NL/97/13. Consent (Dutch authorities. already in1998!). Genetically modified carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) lines 959A, 988A, 1226A, 1351A, 1363A, 1400A (Unique identifier FLO-11363-1) Comments can be send to this e-mail address untill the 21rst of March 00.00 h.
Join the Global Rejection of GE Wheat .Groups from around the world are invited to sign-on to the statement on this site.
233 groups from 26 countries have signed the global rejection of GM wheat. Click here to view the full list.
Codex Alimentarius, must see.
February 9th 2010 Greenpeace France: Liste des produits avec ou sans OGM
February 9th 2010: GMW: India puts moratorium on Bt brinjal, Here's the Indian Environment Minister's report on his decision not to give the go ahead to Bt brinjal.
29th of January 2010: Subject: Solidarity with India, Jan 30th
Reply-To: "GMWatch" < gmwatch-weekly(a)gmwatch.eu >
NOTE: People anywhere in the world can register to fast tomorrow (Jan 30), or light a candle, in solidarity with Indian resistance to the imposition of GM brinjal (eggplant/aubergine). More info and sign up at http://www.brinjal.org
This is my webpage (first dating 1996!) where I, as a consumer protest against GMOs in our daily food.
Secret FDA Memos Reveal Concerns About Genetically Modified Foods (GMOs)
FDA scientists were questioned about the potential health hazards genetically modified (GM) foods would have. Previously secret documents attained by the Alliance for Bio-Integrity's 1998 lawsuit reveal that our food experts were very concerned that GM foods carried “serious health hazards.” They unofficially concluded that GM foods lead to “different risks” for consumers than untreated foods. More...
NEWS
1rst of March 2010: EU Commission to dump risk assessment of genetically engineered plants?
20 January 2010: Judge asked to halt planting of genetically modified sugarbeet seeds in Oregon.
Important news: 12 december 2009: Research Paper
A Comparison of the Effects of Three GM Corn Varieties on Mammalian
Health 1. CRIIGEN, 40 rue Monceau, 75008 Paris, France
2. University of Rouen LITIS EA 4108, 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
3. University of Caen, Institute of Biology, Risk Pole CNRS, EA 2608, 14032 Caen, France
Press Release.
December 2009, USA: The Farmer to Farmer Campaign on Genetic Engineering (Farmer to Farmer) is a network of 34 farm organizations from throughout the United States that endorsed the Farmer Declaration on Genetic Engineering released in December 1999. Farmer to Farmer seeks to build a farmer driven campaign focused on concerns around agricultural biotechnology and to provide a national forum for farmer action on these issues. Presents; Out of Hand
American farmers are feeling the effects of a concentrated seed industry. Seed options are diminishing while prices increase at historic rates. A new report by the Farmer to Farmer Campaign, Out of Hand: Farmers Face the Consequences of a Consolidated Seed Industry , uses industry sources, government data, and personal interviews with farmers and seed industry representatives to document the consequences of concentration in the seed industry.
JOE WHITTINGTON AND ANDREW M. HARRIS
BLOOMBERG NEWS, 5 December 2009
Uitspraak: Bayer CropScience veroordeeld tot het betalen van $2 miljoen, vanwege verliezen die twee boeren uit Missouri leden, betreffende een experiment met een rijstsoort van dit bedrijf dat hun gewas besmette.
$2 million verdict against Bayer CropScience
JOE WHITTINGTON AND ANDREW M. HARRIS
BLOOMBERG NEWS, 5 December 2009
Bayer CropScience LP must pay about $2 million for losses sustained by two Missouri farmers when an experimental variety of rice the company was testing cross-bred with their crops, a federal jury ruled.
The American Lawyer: Litigation Daily, December 4 2009.
Fragment: Federal district court judge Catherine Perry is overseeing some 3,000 suits in which rice farmers allege that Bayer CropScience was careless in.....more
27th of November 2009: Photos and text about the Conference in the Kurhaus Hotel, Scheveningen "GMOs in European Agriculture and Food Production."
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Questions and answers on the risk of fever with Pandemrix in young children
The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) at the European Medicines Agency has reviewed data on the use of a second dose of the pandemic flu vaccine Pandemrix in children aged from 6 months to 3 years. The Committee noted that this second dose brings a further immune response, but that there is also an increased risk of fever.
30th november 2009:Swine flu epidemic escaped from lab, Australian scientists say.
Abstract
Mitochondrial dysfunction, impaired oxidative-reduction activity, degeneration, and death in human neuronal and fetal cells induced by low-level exposure to thimerosal and other metal compounds. Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry, Volume 91, Issue 4 June 2009 , pages 735 - 749
Authors: D. A. Geier a ; P. G. King b ; M. R. Geier c
Possible hidden hazards of mass vaccination against new influenza A/H1N1: have the cardiovascular risks been adequately weighed? Sucharit Bhakdi 1 , Karl Lackner 2 and Hans-Wilhelm Doerr 3
9 november 2009 Dr. Mae Wan Ho: Cardiovascular Risks from Swine Flu Vaccines.
9 november 2009 the Lancet : Yearly influenza vaccinations: a double-edged sword?
31 oktober 2009 Dr Mercola's Update
H1N1 Vaccine to German Soldiers; Different Than Citizens.
Van ISIS: ISIS Report 27/07/09 Fast-tracked Swine Flu Vaccine under
Fire
The vaccines far more deadly than the swine flu; mass vaccinations a recipe for disaster.
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Prof. Joe Cummins.
This report has been submitted to Sir Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer of the
UK, and to the US Food and Drugs Administration.
Please circulate widely, with all the hyperlinks included, to your elected
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TERESA FORCADES, doctora en Salut Pública, hace una reflexión sobre
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UPDATE: Polish Health Minister, a family doctor, tells Parliament she will not allow use of untested swine flu jabs: reveals secret contracts violate the law. Polish, English.
USA: JUST PUT, HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! H1N1 Swine Flu "National Emergency" Warning!
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2nd of October 2009 About the hearing on Moonaqua tm:
The hearing went well. We were with 6 persons, the ministry too and she had one independent male secretary to take the minutes and he recorded it on a tape. I could speak for half an hour, to read out a.o. the 14 pieces (some in English, one in French, the chair said that I should not read the French piece because nobody could understand but would be recorded in the minutes) from signers who have send me a piece for the hearing.
You can read them here. I have asked whether the decision on the petition from the Ministry could be in other languages. But they stressed that it is not possible and not allowed and they asked me to send the coming (in 10 weeks) decision to all signers of the petition. So I have to translate it myself.
But Portuguese, Italian, Spanish and French is not a language I master. In my plea I have referred to the cooperation between Niaba (Dutch union of multinationals like Monsanto, Unilever etc.) and several ministries and their civil servants and that one was present in the room. He told me afterwards, "You did mean me, but I don't feel addressed, we just can speak to them don't we?"
Furthermore the question was: who is an interested person who can go to a higher court to try to stop the introduction into the market. Ordinairy people cannot go anymore to court when they aren't an interested party according to some judges. But there isn't a law yet that describes what a interesting person or - party really is. And the Actio Popularis, the law that gave everyone the opportunity to go to court in case of undesired decisions of the government is been abolished silently and nobody knew what had happend. More introductions into the market of GMOs will come up, but all is a lot of work.
Three other persons also spoke. One older person who was a tulip grower and nowadays is a pensioner who grows organic bulbs, spoke long and more in a spiritual sence and after an hour and a half the hearing was done.
After the hearing in the Hague
Petition is send, you cannot add your name anymore!
Press Release
Recently I wrote a petition against a GMO-carnation with changed colour, named Moonaqua TM of Florigene, as a spokeswoman of the European GMO-free Citizens to the Dutch Ministry of Environment. People asked me to translate it into English.
I also asked several people to translate a short text on the carnation into Portuguese, German, Italian and French. A lot of Portuguese reacted on my call, which was put on my website, to undersign my petition. It appears that the carnation is the symbol of Portugal because of the carnation revolution of 1974. In no time I have found 20 Portuguese sites (scroll down) where my petition was mentioned ( "uma petição sobre cravos OGM com a cor alterada"). See also Jornal de Notícias (at the moment, 1rst of September 2009, visited 1370 times). More reactions came from Brazil, Mauritius, USA, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, South-Africa, Cyprus, the Philippines, UK, Scotland, Spain, Italy, France, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Poland and the Netherlands. People like dr. Mae-Wan Ho (UK, she has put a link of my petition and a story on it with a call up to sign it on the site of ISIS , ) and Prof. R. Cummins (Canada) of ISIS, Institute of Science in Society signed the petition themselves as well as
Mrs. Jadwiga Lopata, from Poland, winner of the Goldman Prize (eco- Nobelprice) and vice president ICPPC , and Sir Julian Rose president of the International Coalition to Protect the Polish Countryside; more signees are Le Centre d'Information sur l'Environnement France; Scarborough Against Genetic Engineering (SAGE) ; Ludovic Desbrus président de Agri Bio Ardèche (Ardèche France); Sebastian Mezger von RAPUNZEL NATURKOST AG; de OGM dangers organisation from France: and la Confédération Paysanne, sa commission OGM ; and Union of International Associations from Brussels . Several Dutch foundations signed, which are un- subsidised and therefore independent.
See my more extensive petition on this site (Dutch).
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho has put our petition on the site of The Institute of Science in Society the tittle is:
A petition has been posted against the introduction of GM-carnations Moonaqua with altered colours.in the Netherlands.. These carnations are not yet available in Europe because they are not authorized. But the Dutch Ministry of Environment will do that in less than 6 weeks.time. Please join our protest against this flower before than. To test on 'safety' they used mice and human embryo cells, and for a change in colour. We have enough ordinairy flowers with beautiful colours on the globe, we don't need GM ones with all the health and environmental risks involved.
More info on how-to-do-it below.
News.
August 2009 Do Seed Companies Control GM Crop Research? Scientists must ask corporations for permission before publishing independent research on genetically modified crops. That restriction must end.from Scientific American MagazineSign our petition on GMO-carnation Moonaqua (TM).
EnglishJuly 28, 2009 We have just made a petition on GMO-carnations with changed colour. Named Moonaqua TM. These carnations are not yet available in Europe because they are genetically engineered and are not autorized. But the Dutch Ministry of Environment will in 6 weeks. You can protest against this flower till than. To test on the safety they use mice and human embryotic cells and that for a change in colour. There are enough ordinairy flowers with beautiful colours on the globe, we don't need artificial ones, I think. Sign my petition by sending an e-mail to this e-mail address by stating: Petition on GMO-carnation Moonaqua ™ , C/NL/06/01 and your name street town country without commas. More about the GMO carnation you can read here and here (EFSA Summary) . Deadline 1rst of September 2009.
Français
28 juillet 2009 Nous avons une pétition qui vient d'être faite sur les OGM a changé de couleur avec des
œillets. Nommé Moonaqua TM. Ces oeillets sont pas encore disponibles en Europe car ils sont génétiquement modifiés et ne sont pas autorisés. Mais le ministère néerlandais de l'Environnement veut donner l'accord ici 6 semaines. Vous pouvez protester contre cette fleur jusqu'à cette date. Pour tester sur la sécurité ils utilisent des souris et des cellules humaines d'embryon et cela pour un changement de couleur. Il ya suffisamment de fleurs ordinaires avec de belles couleurs dans le monde, nous n'avons pas besoin de fleurs artificielles, je crois. Signez ma pétition en envoyer un e-mail à cette adresse e-mail en précisant: Pétition sur les OGM- oeillet, l'oeillet Moonaqua ™, C/NL/06/01 et votre nom rue ville pays sans virgules. Pour en savoir plus sur les OGM- oeillet, vous pouvez lire ici et ici (EFSA Summary). Date limite est le 1er septembre 2009.
German
July 28, 2009 Wir haben gerade eine Beschwerdeschrift an unserem Ministerium für Umwelt geschreiben gegen die Nelke Moonaqua (TM) mit geränderte Farbe. Diese Nelken sind noch nicht verkäuflich in den EU weil sie gentechnisch geändert sind und jetzt noch nicht zugelassen. Das Holländische Ministerium möchte dass machen nach 6 Wochen für ganz Europa . Sie können dagegen protestieren bis an den ersten September. Mann hat Mäuse misbraucht um die Giftigkeit zu testen. Die Tiere werden am Ende getötet. Auch verwendete man menschliche Fetus Zellen bei ähnliche Nelken. Und dass für eine andere Farbe! Es gibt tausende schöne Blumen ohne die Verwendung vom Gentechnik! Unterschreiben Sie bitte mein Beschwerde durch das Schicken von Ihre Name Hausadresse Wohnort Land und e-mail Adresse ohne Kommas zu diese e-mail Adresse mit folgendem Satz: Beschwerde bezüglich genveränderte Nelken Moonaqua ™ , C/NL/06/01".
Portuguese
Acabamos de terminar uma petição sobre cravos OGM com a cor alterada. Nomeado Moonaqua (TM). Estes cravos ainda não estão disponíveis na Europa, porque eles são geneticamente modificados e ainda não não estão autorizados. Mas o Ministério do Meio Ambiente Holandês irá autorizar dentro de 6 semanas. Você pode protestar contra esta flor até esse prazo. Para testar sobre a segurança destas flores utilizam ratos e células embrionárias de humanos e tudo isto por uma mudança de cor. Existem uma grande variedade de cravos com belas cores em todo o globo, não precisamos de cores artificiais. Assine a nossa petição, enviando um e-mail para este endereço info(at)gentechvrij.nl, declarando em assunto: Petição sobre cravos-OGM Moonaqua ™, C/NL/06/01, inicando no corpo da mensagem seu nome da rua cidade país sem vírgulas. Mais informações sobre os cravos OGM você pode ler aqui e aqui (AESA Síntese) . Prazo até 1 de Setembro de 2009. Veja os links em http://www.gentechvrij.nl/thegmofreecitizens.html
ItalianoFirma la nostra petizione sul garofano geneticamente modificato Moonaqua TM . 28 luglio 2009. La petizione riguarda i garofani geneticamente modificati per avere un colore nuovo chiamati Moonaqua TM .
Essendo geneticamente modificato questo tipo di garofano non è ancora disponibile in Europa perché non è autorizzato, ma l'autorizzazione verrà concessa dal Ministero dell'Ambiente olandese entro 6 settimane.
Entro tale data sarà possibile protestare contro l'introduzione di questo fiore.
Per studiare la sicurezza di tali fiori vengono usate topi e cellule embrionali umane.
Non abbiamo bisogno di fiori artificiali, ci bastano i fiori con colori bellissimi offerti dalla natura.
Per firmare la mia petizione manda una e –mail a questo indirizzo* scrivendo:
Petizione sul garofano geneticamente modificato Moonaqua TM, C/NL/06/01 e il tuo nome strada città nazione senza virgole.
Ulteriori informazioni sui garofani geneticamente modificati sono reperibili qui e qui (Riassunto EFSA).
Ricordo che il termine ultimo per l'invio della petizione è il 1 settembre 2009.
Per ulteriori informazioni: http://www.gentechvrij.nl/thegmofreecitizens.html
English to Italian translation by Nadia Simonini - ISDE Italia). Grazie tante!
Dutch
24 juli 2009: Gentech anjer Moonaqua C/NL/06/01 goedgekeurd door VROM en NLV voor markttoelating in de hele EU. Je kunt bezwaar maken. Voorbeeldbezwaarschrift hier te downloaden. Je kunt je naam, adres, woonplaats, datum en e-mail adres doorgeven zonder komma's ertussen als je het bezwaarschrift mede wilt ondertekenen. Deadline 1 september 2009. Hoe doe je dat ? 1. Lees het bezwaarschrift. 2. Stuur een e-mail naar dit adres met de vermelding "Bezwaar tegen markttoelating gentech anjer Moonaqua ™ , C/NL/06/01." en je gegevens. Wij zorgen er voor dat het bezwaarschrift met je gegevens naar VROM gestuurd worden.
RESOURCES FOR GERMANY AND FRANCE: A "risk register" for GM crops in Germany is now online providing exact locations of test sites via google maps, plus some analysis and additional info. For France see here.
July 2009: Australia a True Food Guide.
Canada Settles a Crop Trade Complaint Against Europe
By IAN AUSTEN and JAMES KANTER Published: July 15, 2009 Canada settled a trade dispute with Europe that will lead to the country dropping its six-year-old complaint at the World Trade Organization over European restrictions on imports of genetically modified food.
30 June 2009, Wassenaar. The European GMO-free Citizens did dine with the AG Secretary Mrs. G. Verburg. More....
23 juni 2009 U.S. court cuts off appeals in Monsanto alfalfa case.
23 juni 2009 Scientific American: Weed-Whacking Herbicide Proves Deadly to Human Cells. Used in gardens, farms, and parks around the world, the weed killer Roundup contains an ingredient that can suffocate human cells in a laboratory, researchers say.Percy Schmeiser warns the Netherlands and Europe: Don't grow GMO-crops! Canada has learned her lesson.
More on this topic, videos and some text in English, Dutch and German see here.
Percy Schmeiser and Miep Bos of the European GMO-free Citizens Den Bosch, yesterday. Percy and Louise Schmeiser were invited by ZLTO, Biologica and Avalon.
22nd of June 2009: US Opposition to GMOs Gathers Momentum:
Scientists and physicians in the heartland of genetic modification are alerting policy-makers and the public to the dangers of GM crops.
19 June 2009 The Ecologist: WWF and Monsanto - is GM soy now okay?
16 juni 2009 Finally Minister Gerda Verburg does invite The European GMO-free Citizens to come to diner to evaluate the seminar of the 9th of June 2009. We will keep you posted!
ISIS Report 15/06/09
New Evidence Links CaMV 35S Promoter to HIV Transcription.
EXTRACT: "BASF had eight years in which to produce a potato without an antibiotic resistance gene, but chose not to in order to save money and time. Authorising it now would be as crazy as restarting the production of cars without seatbelts or airbags. The authorisation of GM products should be based on health and environmental assessments, not on protecting the corporate interests of BASF."
1.Disagreement in EFSA opinion puts future of BASF GM potato in doubt
Greenpeace European Unit, 11 June 2009
DOCTORS CALL FOR A MORATORIUM ON GM FOODS
Irish Medical Times, 12 June 2009
http://www.imt.ie
The Irish Doctors' Environmental Association (IDEA) has backed calls for an immediate moratorium on genetically modified (GM) foods. A new position paper from the American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) had said that GM foods 'pose a serious health risk' and called for a moratorium on them.
The paper also said doctors must educate their patients and the public to avoid GM foods and that doctors should consider the role of GM foods in the "patient's disease processes".
"Doctors have an ethical and moral duty to highlight concerns in relation to these issues and in the interest of the health of present and future generations. Permission to grow or consume genetically engineered foors in Ireland should be denied," it stated.
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Comment from GM-free Ireland
Irish Doctors' Environmental Association's position on GM foods:
http://www.ideaireland.org/gmfood.htm
American Academy of Environmental Medicine position on GM foods:
press release http://www.aaemonline.org/pressrelease.html
position paper http://www.aaemonline.org/gmopost.html
Other groups which oppose GM food and farming:
CRIIGEN - Scientific Council for Independent Research on Genetic Engineering, the Union of Concerned Scientists, the Independent Science Panel, the U.S. Center for Food Safety, the Institute of Gene Ecology, the International Society of Doctors for the Environment, the Assembly of European Regions, The Foundation on Future Farming, the International Commission of the Future of Food and Agriculture, Slow Food, and numerous agronomic, environmental and health scientists from leading universities and research institutes around the world.
First international meeting against biopiratery
Pour la défense des droits des peuples autochtones sur la biodiversité/
For the defence of rights of the original people on biodiversity
Paris les 13 et 15 Juin 2009
Paris, the 13th and 15th of June 2009
Remerciements :Avec Vandana SHIVA (Inde)
Marie-Monique ROBIN (France)
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Guaranteeing the rights of owners of traditional knowledge
Biodiversity is a treasure of resources which are unequally distributed around the world. In areas of high biological diversity, indigenous people have contributed to the development and preservation of knowledge of biological resources. But these resources are increasingly necessary to the development of life science-based industries in the cosmetics, pharmaceutical and agribusiness markets.
The Day The Dutch Democracy Died (but will rise again!).
On Tuesday, the 9th of June there was a seminar about GMOs. We were invited but didn't get the change to air our views, so a very concerned GMO-free Citizen rose from her seat and she as a farmers daughter, told the audience that people who are very concerned about GMOs did not get a change to speak out. Then the Chair of the afternoon, Mr. Felix Rottenberg, was very rude in his answer and put it like she was speaking in an unproper way. But she spoke from the heart.
Then we became very frustrated and some of us went home in protest and others went to the people of the ministry of Agriculture who have organised the seminar, to express their thoughts on this. But although there was some less stress afterwards, we did't get the opportunity to express our views, only pro-people were pushed forward. An exception was Prof. Louise Fresco, she had done her homework and wasn't realy pro but also wasn't being anti GMOs.
We are astonished that this can happen in a democracy like ours! This is very wrong! The great amount of scientific evidence, that states that GMO-food is a danger to all life is rising and rising. Sooner or later all the citizens of the world will know, not to eat this. It is only a matter of time. We got the change to hand over an Open Letter to the minister of Agriculture, Mrs. Gerda Verburg, it is in Dutch, but the most links are to websites in English, so take a look! This was The Day The Dutch Democracy Died (but will rise again!)
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European GMO-free Citizen Mr. Robert Verlinden of
VoMiGEN at the seminar.
Next to him propaganda billboard from WUR
to tell the elementary schoolkids all about
GMOs in their terms.
Second photo;
Minister Verburg at her pro- GMOs opening speech.
April 2009 GMO Moratorium: The way forward for Europe
The participants of the 5th European Conference of GMO-Free Regions “Food
and Democracy” call for an EU-wide moratorium on the authorization and the
commercial planting of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). In the wake of
six EU member states banning the planting of MON810 and in light of the rapid
increase in GMO-free regions in Europe, there has never been a better moment
for a moratorium than now.
18 april 2009:See the video and the one on Youtube.Thousands of people have taken to the streets of the Spanish city of Zaragoza calling for a ban on the use of genetically modified crops.15 April 2009 Sign against GMO-corn in Mexico, deadline 30th of April 2009. 14 april 2009 Germany bans Monsanto's GM maize.4 April 2009 Liberty Link of Bayer not welcome in Brazil.
27th of March 2009 Every time you eat, you may unknowingly be eating food that has been genetically engineered, a process that inserts foreign genes into plants and animals to give that organism certain traits it would not naturally have.
24 March 2009 Hungerstrike of two Polish woman farmers, Danuta and Edyta because of the dangers of GMOs. See the photos here.
This is Edyta Jaroszewska. Drawn after a photo.The sign says; " Hungerstrike for a GMO-free Poland".
Edyta Jaroszewska, 42 year old organic farmer and chairperson of the Organic Farmers Association, started fasting for a GMO Free Poland. Two days ago Danute Pilarska, another organic farmer and chairperson of The Organic Farmer's Union, joined her. Yesterday, both women, together with other members of the Coalition for a GMO Free Poland, joined a meeting of the Polish government's Agricultural Committee in the Senate in Warsaw. The committee was discussing the future of GMO in Poland. After a few hours of debate Edyta concluded "There's no political will within the Polish government to stop corporations from illegal planting of the GM maize variety MON 810 - and to ensure that Poland is kept GMO free. This opens the possibility of the widespread planting of MON 810 during this year. So we don't have another choice other than to stay here and fight!" Today, the fasting ladies, supported by other members of the Coalition, have been protesting in front of the Ministry of Agriculture in Warsaw.
Press Release, January 19, 2009 Coalition against Bayer Dangers
Take Glufosinate off the Market immediately!
Bayer´s herbicide among 22 most dangerous substances / Coalition also demands ban on glufosinate-resistant plants.
The Coalition against Bayer Dangers demands an immediate ban on the herbicide glufosinate and a suspension of all approvals of glufosinate-resistant crops. European Parliament members voted last week to ban pesticides classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction. Permits for 22 substances, among them glufosinate, will not be renewed. MORE
Stop the Crop Cyber Action of http://www.gmo-free-regions.org
More translations in other languages click here.
2008 Important research on Roundup (=glyphosate and other material together) by Nora Benachour, Gilles-Eric Séralini: Formulations Induce Apoptosis and Necrosis
in Human Umbilical, Embryonic, and Placental Cells
just released. Read the pressrelease.
Video about Monsanto a must-see.
so there were 122 petitions against gmo potato fields in Friesland and Drenthe two provinces of the Netherlands. The ministry of environment held a hearing the 8th of December 2008. |
Hearing , left Theo Tromp, Ekopark Foundation, Wieteke van Dort, artist and GMO-free Dutch Citizen, right farmer from Friesland. |
For some news in English see my homepage here. It is in Dutch but often in English too.
For the USA; Tips to avoid GM-foods.
Seeds of deception; STATE OF THE SCIENCE ON THE HEALTH RISKS OF GM FOODS
Upcoming news; Planet Diversity Conference on the12th to 16th of May 2008 in Bonn.
Wij have send today a card to commissioner Dimas. This is an action of Greenpeace International.
1rst of March 2008. You can join our GMO-free Citizens Group (De Gentechvrije Burgers= DGB) by sending us your name, address and e-mail address. Its free! Send it to info@gentechvrij.nl
Greenpeace writes; If you have access to ARTE tv, and have some free time Tuesday evening, then don't miss this important documentary: "The World According to Monsanto" .
A groundbreaking TV documentary about the chemical and biotech industry giant, Monsanto, airs for the first time on pan-European television station ARTE, March 11 2008 at 9pm.
28 February 2008. You cannot sign my petition anymore. 302 signatures have been send to the Dutch ministries of Environment and Agriculture.
February 2008 Sign my petition against GMO-maize of Monsanto and Pioneer. You can sign untill 15th of february.
October 30, 2007.Important; Look closely at these three movies (scroll down) especially part 3, let all your friends, family etc. know!
October 2007; As a housewife and artist I have written a book called; "Worries of a Dutch housewife about GMOs"(PDF, download here) . Or read on Hyves.
Protest against the threatening introduction of genetically engineered components in our daily food products. It is, (and a lot of groups as Greenpeace and The Natural Law Party agree on this) a great danger to all life, because the blueprint of life will be changed by genetically engineering. The first genetically engineered food products to be sold in Holland, are genetically engineered soybeans. This soya is made resistant against Glyfosate. This is a weed killer.Genetically engineered maize, now on the market in Europe is made resistant to glufosinate-ammonium this is also a weedkiller. So, the consumers become guinea pigs, without their permission.
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60 % of processed consumer food products contain soybean material - from margarine to baby food and chocolate bars. There will be no label which points out whether there will be genetically engineered soy or other GMO's in the products, they only label a few ingredients. We will have no free choice. In april 1998 three genetically engineered maize types were introduced in the EU and also one type of genetically engineered rapeseed oil. See (outside Europe): GM Foods, How to avoid them, from Mothers for Natural Law USA. |
60 % of processed consumer food products contain soybean material - from margarine to baby food and chocolate bars. There will be no label which points out whether there will be genetically engineered soy or other GMO's in the products, they only label a few ingredients. We will have no free choice. In april 1998 three genetically engineered maize types were introduced in the EU and also one type of genetically engineered rapeseed oil.
Quotes of scientists:
Samuel Epstein, M.D., Professor of Environmental Medicine at the University of Illinois School of Public Health and Chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition: Genetic modification of food is a dangerous game of ecological roulette. To take one example, I'm sure there will be a significant increase in deaths from certain types of cancer. If that is the only adverse effect we will have been lucky.
We simply cannot predict the ecological effects of genetic modification. GM forces evolution to take place in one generation rather than hundreds.
Manipulating DNA creates a new substance and it may not behave in the same ways as the original version. And existing tests, which only detect already-known toxins, may not reveal man-made ones.
We simply do not know what we are doing.
Professor Richard Lacey, microbiologist, medical doctor, and Professor of Food Safety at Leeds University, world famous for his accurate prediction of the dangers of " Mad cow disease". Professor Lacey has spoken out strongly against the introduction of genetically engineered foods, because of 'the essentially unlimited health risks'> The fact is, it is virtually impossible to even conceive of a testing procedure to assess the health effects of genetically engineered foods when introduced into the food chain, nor is there any valid nutritional or public interest reason for their introduction.
And additionally with reference to the BSE crisis: We know to our cost that an organism which was utterly unknown to science 30 years ago, the prion, is capable of jumping from species to species, and changing its own physical characteristics each time it crosses the barrier. This shows that it is impossible to foresee what dangers lie in store... If we continue to create new life forms artificially, we lay ourselves open to the possibility of similar unimaginable dangers.
Malcom Walker, Chairman and Chief Executive of Iceland Foods: Millions of ordinary people are very worried about genetically modified foods and I am one of them....With genetically modified foods I believe we have reached the thin edge of the wedge, we are messing with the building blocks of life and it's scary.
For more quotes: What leading scientists and public figures have said about the dangers of genetically modified foods.
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On January 20th and 21th 2000, the American Embassy in The Hague had organized a conference called "Biotechnology: The Science and the Impact" . The Natural Law Party of The Netherlands, Nederlands Platform Gentechnologie and I have demonstrated before "Het Nederlands Congresgebouw" where the conference was held.( more pictures ) |
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The EU has a plan to okay GMO-cotton (name Bollgard). Cotton plays a role in our daily life, from clothes to sanatairy towels and nappies. Artists canvas can also be made of it. Trees can also be genetically engineered.
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Label design. c Miep Bos |
Publications. All from this site.
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Other topics referring our health:
German site about the dangers of fluor.
Click on the photo.
Friesland wants to stay GMO-free, 
