You can join this European Consumer Platform for free by sending your name and adress by e-mail to this address. We are an European Consumer Platform of Citizens who don' t want to eat GMOs. We are just starting with the Platform, but this material is familiar to us since 1996.We are writing to our governments to tell them to become a GMO-free country and to stop GMO field trails and introduction into the market. We 've send messages to food stores to remove GMOs from our food, because we don' t want them! We tell other citizens not to buy it. Our Platform originates from the Netherlands and asks citizens all over Europe to perform the same actions as we have done before. We are looking for people in Europe who want to start their own section in their own country and whether they want to share their experiences with us. Write us! To be continued.
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.
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
Genetic Engineering and the Secret Changes in Your Food
Center for Food Safety
24 april 2008
Andrew Kimbrell, Center for Food Safety director and author of "Your Right to Know: Genetic Engineering and the Secret Changes in Your Food", discusses GMOs and how to eat safely and ecologically.
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...
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
Subject: Une décision à l'introduction de GMO dans l'environnent en Pologne/Europe
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:23:57 +0100
Une traduction libre d'une lettre anglaise.
A tous les membres du parlement de la République de Pologne.
Dans peu de temps, vous pendrez une décision à l'introduction de GMO (ingénierie génétique des produits végétaux) dans l'environnent, ce dont je vous prie l'attention à suivante :
Dans une société démocratique toutes les décisions concernant des nouvelles lois et des affaires politiques devraient être basées aux procédures de rassembler, de dialogue et d'élection des membres dans toutes les institutions politiques et sociales, qui doit être à l'ancre dans les droits fondamentaux.
Cependant, les droits fondamentaux, combattu par le prolétariat dans l'année révolutionnaire de l'Europe en 1848, ont été abolis du accord d'EU de Lisbonne 2007 [1]
Il semple que ce tromperie peut être possible par l'influence de la système du pouvoir politique invisible, i.e. Le système des familles royales et leur élite politique. Seulement les droits fondamentaux nous peuvent protéger contre ce système « Qui paie les violons, choisit la musique [2] »
Presque 449 millions d'Européens ne savent pas ou on été oublier les critères de nos droits fondamentaux. Cette était causé par le fait que le terme ‘populisme' [3] est indiqué comme une semi- vérité dans les dictionnaires. Dans langage populaire on la nomme : Falsification.
Mons. Barroso, qui semble à être un servant de ces pouvoirs politiques, a ete subi une victoire Pyrrhique avec l'accord d'EU de Lisbonne. Sans respect des droits fondamentaux l'accord ‘d'EU de Lisbonne n'a pas aucune valeur.
La majorité des Européennes ont dit ‘NON' á GMO . Seulement la reine des Pay-Bas, Béatrice, a dit ‘OUI' [4] . GMO génère un genre nouveau de fascisme (Latin : fasces). En d'autres mots ‘Centralisation'. Centralisation de connaissance par ‘pseudoscience' ( Ça c'est GMO en réalité). Centralisation de connaissance et pouvoir, sans respect des critères des droits fondamentaux génère ‘Populisme'. Populisme signifie un grand risque pour le fascisme. Dans ce cas un fascisme nouveau de GMO (Codex Alimentarius [5] ). Ça ce signifie quand vous êtes d'accord avec l'introduction de GMO dans l'environnement, les peuples européennes seront opprimé encore. Vois le plan stratégique de Codex Alimentarius 2008-2013)
Dans ce cas je veux attirer l'attention sur le livre ‘Spinoza comme une guide pour une monde libre'. (Emis à Amsterdam 2008). Une des déclarations célèbres de Spinoza, d'une société démocratique, était la suivante: D'Armement des habitants sera être la seule manière pour les de ne pas oppressé par leurs dirigeants [6] .
Je veux mettre l'accent sur la réalisation que les droits fondamentaux seraient respecter avant vous votez OUI ou NON à GMO. Il faudrait être nécessaire que les critères des droits fondamentaux seraient équivalents dans les institutions de tous les pays européennes.
Vois l'appel aux habitants européennes comme mentionné ci-dessous et nos lettres à Mons. Barroso. Aussi vois, ci-joint, la lettre de la commission européenne, General Managing Justice, Liberté et Sécurité Section F, signé par Mons. Jaoquim Nunes de Aleida.
Voyant d'avance à votre décision bien pris à considération le 15ieme décembre prochain, veuillez agreer, mesdames et messieurs, l'expression de mes compliments distingués
Robert A. Verlinden
Stichting Ter Voorkoming Misbruik Genetische Manipulatie
(Fondation pour la prévention d'abus de la manipulation génétique)
[1] CHAPITRE 3. COOPÉRATION JUDICIAIRE EN MATIÈRE CIVILE
Article 65, 2.f. « l'élimination des obstacles au bon déroulement des procédures civiles, au besoin en
favorisant la compatibilité des règles de procédure civile applicables dans les États membres ; » a) why if necessary? b) What are the criteria of ‘if necessary'? c) Why ‘if necessary' if we know that al the laws and political questions are based on the fundamental rights?
[2] Si vous payez pour les services de quelqu'un, vous pouvez dicter exactement ce que vous voulez que cette personne à faire.
[3] Le dictionnaire néerlandais Van Dale: Le populisme: populaire, de la démagogie un peu superficiel. Allons donc! En realite, le populisme est le parler et executer par les autorites des institutions (polittuques) sans de conseiller les membres en avance. Ca ce signifie sans decisions exemplaire autoritées a affirmer son propre intér ê ts.
[4] Les membres de notre famille royale ne goûte pas la différence entre les végétaux OGM et légumes biologiques en tant que prince héritier Willem Alexander a déclaré un jour. Il n'est pas surprenant, parce qu'il a dit dans le même entretien que ses légumes proviennent du jardin royal et celui de la famille donne un bon feeling. (Agd. 14/8/04/p8 fr P9)
[5] Latin: Alimentarius. Tout sur la nourriture. Autant que nous savons que le Codex Alimentarius comprend également des médicaments.
[6] Quote” ‘Ook Spinoza onderstreepte herhaaldelijk dat bewapening van de burgers voor hen de enige manier is om niet door hun vorst(en) onderdrukt te worden' (p64/Note 102). The book ‘Bestuurlijke vernieuwingen' Dr. Wim Klever.
From: burgersinactie@hotmail.com
To: jose.bove@europarl.europa.eu
Subject: 'GMO': A CALL TO POLAND AND THE WORLD
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:46:59 +0100
Dear mr. Jose Bove,
Why did you agree that the fundamental rights, fought by the proletariat in the European revolutionary year 1848, have been silently abolished from the EU Lisbon Treaty 2007? [1] .
European people say no to GMO..
Looking forward to your answer I remain with kind regards,
Robert A. Verlinden .
[1] "CHAPTER 3: JUDICIAL COOPERATION IN CIVIL MATTERS Quote: Article 65.2.f the elimination of obstacles to the proper functioning of civil proceedings, if necessary by promoting the compatibility of the rules on civil procedure applicable in the Member States; End quote . a) why if necessary? b) What are the criteria of 'if necessary'? c) Why 'if necessary' if we know that al the laws and political questions are based on the fundamental rights?
For your information: under mentioned a copy of our Letter to the Polish Parliament. Kind regards. Your servant to serve the general interest.
Robert A. Verlinden.
From: burgersinactie@hotmail.com
To: biuro@bronislawkomorowski.pl
Subject: FW: 'GMO' CALL TO POLAND AND THE WORLD
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 13:38:41 +0100
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'GMO' CALL FROM THE NETHERLANDS TO POLAND AND THE WORLD
Dear Mr. Bronislaw Komorowski, chairman of the parliament of the People's Republic of Poland,
Kindly we request you to send this letter to all the members of your democratic parliament. Please confirm us the receipt of this e-mail.
Very soon, December 15 th , you will take a decision of the introduction of GMO (genetically engineering of organism like vegetables, flowers, seed etcetera) into the environment for which I like your attention to the following:
In a democratic society all decisions regarding new laws and political questions should be based on procedures of assembling, dialog and voting of the members in all the united political and social institutions, which will be anchored in the fundamental rights.
However, the fundamental rights, fought by the proletariat in the European revolutionary year 1848, have been silently abolished from the EU Lisbon Treaty 2007 [1] .
It seems that such a misleading only will be possible by the influence of the system of the invisible political power. The system of the royal families and their political elite. Only the fundamental rights could protect us against this system as the expression said: 'He who pays the piper calls the tune [2] ' .
Nearly 449 million European people don't know or have forgotten the criteria of our fundamental rights. This was caused by the fact that the term 'populism' is shown in dictionaries as a half truth [3] . In popular parlance we call this forgery. Quote: 'Any truth which is too big to be seen is probably smaller than you can see it' . End quote An anonymous 19th century Dutch poet.
Mr. Barroso, who seems to be a servant of these invisible political powers, has undergone a Pyrrhic victory with the EU treaty Lisbon 2007. It means, he has left with empty hands. Without respect of the fundamental rights the European Lisbon Treaty 2007 has not got any value.
Most Europeans said 'no' to GMO. Only queen Beatrix of the Netherlands said "yes!" [4]
GMO generates a new kind of fascism (Latin: fasces ). In other words: 'centralisation'. Centralisation of knowledge by 'pseudo science', what GMO in fact is, generates power. Centralisation of knowledge and power, without respect for the criteria of the fundamental rights, generates populism. Populism, in political hands, means a huge risk for fascism again. In this case a new kind of fascism of GMO/Alimentarius. [5] It means, when you now agree with the introduction of GMO in the environment, the human being of Europe will be oppressed again in the near future. (See the strategic plan of the Codex Alimentarius 2008-2013) [6] .
In this case I also like to draw your attention to the book 'Spinoza as a guide for a free world' (issued in Amsterdam 2008). We learnt that one of Spinoza's (1632-1677) famous pronouncements about a democratic society was the following: "The armament of citizens will be the only way for them for not being oppressed by their ruler(s)". [7]
I very much like to emphasize, before you vote ' Yes' or ' No' to GMO, that the fundamental rights should be respected by everyone in the European Treaty Lisbon 2007.
It should be necessary that the criteria for the fundamental rights in the institutions of all European countries should be equivalent.
Please see in the attachment our letters to Mr. Barroso. And see also in the attachment the enclosed letter from the European Commission, General managing Justice, Freedom and Security, section F. Signed by Mr. Jaoquim Nunes de Aleida.
Looking forward to your well considered decision on the 15 th of December next.
I remain with kind regards,
Yours faithfully,
Robert A. Verlinden.
STICHTING TER VOORKOMING MISBRUIK GENETISCHE MANIPULATIE (VoMiGEN)
Foundation for the prevention of Abuse of Genetic Manipulation
[1] "CHAPTER 3: JUDICIAL COOPERATION IN CIVIL MATTERS Quote: Article 65.2.f the elimination of obstacles to the proper functioning of civil proceedings, if necessary by promoting the compatibility of the rules on civil procedure applicable in the Member States; End quote . a) why if necessary? b) What are the criteria of 'if necessary'? c) Why 'if necessary' if we know that al the laws and political questions are based on the fundamental rights?
[2] If you are paying for someone's services, you can dictate exactly what you want that person to do.
[3] The Dutch dictionary Van Dale : Populism: popular, somewhat superficial demagoguery. Nonsense! Populism is on the heads of the authority that means the exemplary acts of the right to meet and unite, the gut feelings of the masses touch, add half truths and concealing key facts.
[4] The members of our Royal family do not taste the difference between GMO vegetables and organic vegetables as Crown Prince Willem Alexander said one day. Not surprisingly, because he said in the same interview that his vegetables come from own royal garden and that gives the family a good feeling. (Agd. 14/8/04/p8 en p9)
[5] Latin: Alimentarius . Everything about food. (medicines?) Fascism has many different faces.
[6] As far as we know the Codex Alimentarius includes also medicines.
[7] Quote" 'Ook Spinoza onderstreepte herhaaldelijk dat bew apening van de burgers voor hen de enige manier is om niet door hun vorst(en) onderdrukt te worden' (p64/Note 102). The book 'Bestuurlijke vernieuwingen' Dr. Wim Klever.
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.
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
London, 4 December 2009
Doc. Ref. EMEA/780391/2009
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.
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Skepsis gegenüber Impfstoff in Deutschland 2009.10.26 In Deutschland startet heute eine Massenimpfung gegen die Schweinegrippe. Doch viele Bundesbürger und selbst Wissenschaftler stehen der Spritze gegen die Schweinegrippe skeptisch gegenüber - nicht zuletzt weil der Impfstoff wegen seinen Nebenwirkungen umstritten ist.
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Piece on hearing about Moonaqua tm in French. English and German below. Deutsch unten.
En Français
Compte rendu de l'audience concernant l'śillet OGM ‘Moonaqua'
au ministère de l'environnement des Pays Bas,
La Haye, le 30 septembre 2009
Par Mme Miep Bos, Porte Parole des ‘Citoyens sans OGM' des Pays Bas
Miep Bos, porte parole des citoyens sans OGM des Pays Bas, s'est rendue à La Haye le 30 septembre pour se battre contre la mise sur le marché de l'śillet OGM ‘Moonaqua', lors d'une audience au Ministère de l'environnement. Dans cette audience, des citoyens ont eu le droit d'exprimer pourquoi ils étaient intéressés/concernés par cette affaire, et pourquoi ils étaient contre certaines mesures. Après cette audience, le ministère va décider si la/les personne(s) sont ‘recevables comme personne intéressée' . S'ils jugent que c'est le cas, ces personnes peuvent continuer leur procédure auprès du Conseil d'État. Si le ministère juge que ces personnes ne sont pas ‘intéressées', ces citoyens ont le droit de déposer plainte auprès du Conseil d'état.
Miep Bos:
L'audience s'est bien passée. Nous étions 6 personnes ; et il y avait aussi 6 personnes du ministère, dont 2 juristes du ministère, plus un secrétaire indépendant qui a fait le compte- rendu et un enregistrement sur cassette. J'ai pu parler pendant une demi heure, pour lire entre autres les 14 textes que les signataires m'ont envoyés pour cette audience. J'ai pu lire les quelques textes que j'avais reçus en anglais, mais le président de l'audience ne m'a pas permis de lire les textes français, car personne ne les aurait compris. Néanmoins, ces textes seront ajoutés au compte rendu. Vous pouvez lire toutes les textes ici.
J'ai demandé si la décision du Ministère pouvait être traduite en plusieurs langues, mais ça ne sera pas possible ni permis, et ils m'ont demandé d'envoyer moi-même la décision à venir (dans les 10 semaines) à tous les signataires. Alors je dois traduire moi-même, ce qui est bizarre car je ne suis pas un ‘prolongement ou employée' du ministère, et je ne maîtrise ni le portugais, ni l'italien, l'espagnol ou le français……..
Dans mon exposé j'ai fait référence à la coopération entre Niaba (union néerlandaise de multinationales comme Monsanto, Unilever etc.) et divers ministères et leurs fonctionnaires. L'un d'eux était présent dans la salle. Il m'a demandé après l'audience : ‘C'est moi que vous avez mentionné en tant que participant de Niaba ? Je ne me sens pas coupable de quoi que ce soit. ' Une autre question était : quelle personne est intéressée /concernée pour passer devant la cour suprême afin d'arrêter l'introduction sur le marché? Des citoyens ‘ordinaires' n'ont plus le droit d'aller devant cette cour s'ils ne sont pas ‘concernés/intéressés'. Mais jusque qu'à maintenant il n'y a aucune loi qui décrit ce qu'est exactement ‘une personne concernée/intéressée'. Et l'Actio Popularis, la loi qui a donné à chacun la possibilité d'aller au tribunal pour des décisions défavorables du gouvernement, a été abandonnée en silence, et personne ne sait ce qui s'est passé. Il y aura plusieurs OGM de mis sur le marché prochainement, et c'est beaucoup de travail pour nous, citoyens, de nous battre contre ça avec des procédures floues comme celle-ci.
Trois autres personnes ont parlé. Notamment une personne plus âgée, qui était cultivateur de bulbes, qui est maintenant retraité et cultive des bulbes biologiques, a parlé longuement dans un sens plus « spirituel ». L'audience était close au bout d'une heure trente.
Cordialement,
Miep Bos
Porte Parole des ‘Citoyens sans OGM' de Pays Bas
(Traduction : Janneke Tops, Ecolonie, Vosges et Aline Read du Centre de l'Environnement France)
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 way and after an hour and a half the hearing was done.
2. Oktober 2009 Über die mündliche Verhandlung vom Moonaqua tm:
Die Anhörung ist gut gelaufen. Wir waren mit 6 Personen, das Ministerium auch und es gab einen unabhängigen männlichen Sekretär der alles auf Band aufnahm. Ich konnte eine halbe Stunde 14 verschiedene Einwende von Unterzeichnern der Petition vorlesen (einige in Englisch, eine in Französisch, der Vorsitzende sagte, dass ich nicht auf Französisch vorlesen sollte, weil niemand es verstehen konnte, aber der Einwand würde in das Protokoll aufgenommen werden). Ich zeigte das Foto der jungen Menschen in Polen.
Sie können die Einwende hier lesen: http://www.gentechvrij.nl/thegmofreecitizens.html .
Ich habe gefragt, ob die Entscheidung über die Petition vom Ministerium auch in anderen Sprachen sein könnte. Aber sie betonten, dass dies nicht möglich ist und nicht erlaubt, und sie baten mich, den kommenden (in 10 Wochen) Beschluss allen Unterzeichnern der Petition zu senden. Also muss ich selbst übersetzen.
Aber Portugiesisch, Italienisch, Spanisch und Französisch sind keine Sprachen, die ich meistere. In meiner Bitte habe ich die Zusammenarbeit zwischen den genannten Niaba (Niederländische Vereinigung von multinationalen Unternehmen wie Monsanto, Unilever usw.) und verschiedenen Ministerien und ihren Beamten genannt und daß einer der Beamten sich im Raum befindet. Er erzählte mir später, "Du hast mich gemeint, aber ich fühle mich nicht angesprochen, wir können mit ihnen reden oder nicht?"
Darüber hinaus war die Frage: Wer ist eine interessierte Person, die sich an ein höheres Gericht wenden könnte, um zu versuchen, die Einführung in den Markt zu verhindern. Nach einigen Richtern können gewöhnliche Menschen nicht mehr vor Gericht gehen, wenn sie nicht eine interessierte Partei sind. Aber es gibt noch kein Gesetz, das beschreibt, was eine interessante Person oder - Partei wirklich ist. Und die Popularklage, das Gesetz, dass jedem die Möglichkeit gab, vor Gericht zu gehen im Falle von unerwünschten Entscheidungen der Regierung, ist im Stillen abgeschafft worden und niemand wußte, was passiert ist. Weitere Einführungen von GVO auf den Markt werden kommen, aber alles ist viel Arbeit.
Drei weitere Personen sprachen ebenfalls. Eine ältere Person, ein früherer Tulpenanbauer und heute ein Rentner, der heute biologischen Zwiebeln anbaut, sprach lange und mehr in einem geistigen Sinne und nach anderthalb Stunden war die Anhörung zu Ende.
Portuguese - and other European citizens don't like lilac/blue GMO-carnations!
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
July 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 regarding placing on the EU market. 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 hereand 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
śillets. 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.
July 28, 2009 Wir haben gerade eine Beschwerdeschrift an unserem Ministerium für Umwelt geschreiben gegen die Nelke Moonaqua (TM) mit geänderte 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
Firma 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!
We also thank R. Sanna for helping us with the text and
J. Soares for the translating of the text into Portuguese.
Dutch
24 juli 2009:
24 juli 2009: We hebben een bezwaarschrift geschreven over een gentech anjer genaamd 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.
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.
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With the cost of food recently skyrocketing - hitting not just shoppers but the poor and hungry in the developing world - genetically modified (GM) foods are once again being promoted as the way to feed the world. But this is little short of a confidence trick. Far from needing more GM foods, there are urgent reasons why we need to ban them altogether.
1. GM foods won't solve the food crisis
A 2008 World Bank report concluded that increased biofuel production is the major cause of the increase in food prices.[1] GM giant Monsanto has been at the heart of the lobbying for biofuels (crops grown for fuel rather than food) - while profiting enormously from the resulting food crisis and using it as a PR opportunity to promote GM foods!
"The climate crisis was used to boost biofuels, helping to create the food crisis; and now the food crisis is being used to revive the fortunes of the GM industry." - Daniel Howden, Africa correspondent of The Independent[2]
"The cynic in me thinks that they're just using the current food crisis and the fuel crisis as a springboard to push GM crops back on to the public agenda. I understand why they're doing it, but the danger is that if they're making these claims about GM crops solving the problem of drought or feeding the world, that's bullshit." - Prof Denis Murphy, head of biotechnology at the University of Glamorgan in Wales[3]
2. GM crops do not increase yield potential
Despite the promises, GM has not increased the yield potential of any commercialised crops.[4] In fact, studies show that the most widely grown GM crop, GM soya, has suffered reduced yields.[5]
"Let's be clear. As of this year [2008], there are no commercialized GM crops that inherently increase yield. Similarly, there are no GM crops on the market that were engineered to resist drought, reduce fertilizer pollution or save soil. Not one." - Dr Doug Gurian-Sherman, former biotech specialist for the US Environmental Protection Agency and former advisor on GM to the US Food and Drug Administration[6]
3. GM crops increase pesticide use
Official data shows that in the US, GM crops have produced an overall average increase, not decrease, in pesticide use compared to conventional crops.[7]
"The promise was that you could use less chemicals and produce a greater yield. But let me tell you none of this is true." - Bill Christison, President of the US National Family Farm Coalition[8]
4. There are better ways to feed the world
A major recent UN/World Bank-sponsored report compiled by 400 scientists, and endorsed by 58 countries, concluded that GM crops have little to offer global agriculture and the challenges of poverty, hunger, and climate change, because better alternatives are available.[9]
5. Other farm technologies are more successful
Integrated Pest Management and other innovative low-input or organic methods of controlling pests and boosting yields have proven highly effective, particularly in the developing world.[10] Other plant breeding technologies, such as Marker Assisted Selection (non-GM genetic mapping), are widely expected to boost global agricultural productivity more effectively and safely than GM.[11]
"The quiet revolution is happening in gene mapping, helping us understand crops better. That is up and running and could have a far greater impact on agriculture [than GM]." - Prof John Snape, head of the department of crop genetics, John Innes Centre[12]
6. GM foods have not been shown to be safe to eat
Genetic modification is a crude and imprecise way of incorporating foreign genetic material (e.g. from viruses, bacteria) into crops, with unpredictable consequences. The resulting GM foods have undergone little rigorous and no long-term safety testing, but animal feeding tests have shown worrying health effects.[13] Only one study has been published on the direct effects on humans of eating a GM food.[14] It found unexpected effects on gut bacteria, but was never followed up.
"We are confronted with the most powerful technology the world has ever known, and it is being rapidly deployed with almost no thought whatsoever to its consequences." - Dr Suzanne Wuerthele, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) toxicologist
7. Stealth GMOs in animal feed - without consumers' consent
Meat, eggs and dairy products from animals raised on the millions of tons of GM feed imported into Europe do not have to be labelled. Studies have shown that if GM crops are fed to animals, GM material can appear in the resulting products.[15] As GM foods have been shown to affect animals' health, eating such "stealth GMOs" may affect the health of consumers.
8. No one is monitoring the impact of GM foods on health
It is claimed that Americans have eaten GM foods for years with no ill effects. But these foods are unlabeled in the US and no one has monitored the consequences. With other novel foods like trans fats, it has taken decades to realize that they have caused millions of premature deaths.[16]
9. GM and non-GM cannot co-exist
GM contamination of conventional and organic food is increasing. An unapproved GM rice that was grown for only one year in field trials was found to have extensively contaminated the US rice supply and seed stocks.[17] In Canada, the organic oilseed rape industry has been destroyed by contamination from GM rape.[18] In Spain, a study found that GM maize "has caused a drastic reduction in organic cultivations of this grain and is making their coexistence practically impossible".[19]
The time has come to choose between a GM-based, or a non-GM-based, world food supply.
"If some people are allowed to choose to grow, sell and consume GM foods, soon nobody will be able to choose food, or a biosphere, free of GM. It's a one way choice, like the introduction of rabbits or cane toads to Australia; once it's made, it can't be reversed." - Roger Levett, specialist in sustainable development[20]
10. We can't trust GM companies
The big biotech firms pushing their GM foods have a terrible history of toxic contamination and public deception.[21] GM is attractive to them because it gives them patents that allow monopoly control over the world's food supply. They have taken to harassing and intimidating farmers for the "crime" of saving patented seed or "stealing" patented genes - even if those genes got into the farmer's fields through accidental contamination by wind or insects.[22]
"Farmers are being sued for having GMOs on their property that they did not buy, do not want, will not use and cannot sell." - Tom Wiley, North Dakota farmer[23]
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7. "Genetically engineered crops and pesticide use in the United States: The first nine years", Benbrook, C., BioTech InfoNet, Technical Paper No. 7, October 2004, http://www.biotech-info.net/Full_version_first
_nine.pdf ;
"Agricultural Pesticide Use in US Agriculture", Center for Food Safety, May 2008, using data from US Department of Agriculture
8. "Family Farmers Warn of Dangers of Genetically Engineered Crops", Bill Christison, In Motion magazine, 29 July 1998, http://www.inmotionmagazine.com/genet1.html ,
accessed October 2008
11. "Marker-assisted selection: an approach for precision plant breeding in the twenty-first century", Collard, B.C.Y. and D.J. Mackill, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B, Vol. 363, 2008, pp. 557-572, 2008; "Breeding for abiotic stresses for sustainable agriculture", Witcombe J.R. et al., Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B, 2008, Vol. 363, pp. 703-716
12. "Gene mapping the friendly face of GM technology", Professor John Snape, Farmers Weekly, 1 March 2002, p. 54
13. Here is just a small selection of these papers: "Genetically modified soya leads to the decrease of weight and high mortality rate of rat pups of the first generation", Ermakova I.V., EcosInform, Vol. 1, 2006, pp. 4-9; "Fine structural analysis of pancreatic acinar cell nuclei from mice fed on GM soybean", Malatesta, M. et al., Eur. J. Histochem., Vol. 47, 2003, pp. 385-388; "Ultrastructural morphometrical and immunocytochemical analyses of hepatocyte nuclei from mice fed on genetically modified soybean", Malatesta, M. et al., Cell Struct Funct., Vol. 27, 2002, pp. 173-180; "Ultrastructural analysis of testes from mice fed on genetically modified soybean", Vecchio L. et al., Eur. J. Histochem., Vol. 48, pp. 448-454, 2004; "A long-term study on female mice fed on a genetically modified soybean: effects on liver ageing", Malatesta M. et al., Histochem Cell Biol., Vol. 130, 2008, pp. 967-977; "Effects of diets containing genetically modified potatoes expressing Galanthus nivalis lectin on rat small intestine", Ewen S.W. and A. Pusztai, The Lancet, Vol. 354, 1999, pp. 1353-1354; "New Analysis of a Rat Feeding Study with a Genetically Modified Maize Reveals Signs of Hepatorenal Toxicity", Séralini, G.-E. et al., Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol., Vol. 52, 2007, pp. 596-602.
14. "Assessing the survival of transgenic plant DNA in the human gastrointestinal tract", Netherwood T. et al., Nature Biotechnology, Vol. 22, 2004, pp. 204-209.
15. "Detection of Transgenic and Endogenous Plant DNA in Digesta and Tissues of Sheep and Pigs Fed Roundup Ready Canola Meal", Sharma, R. et al., J. Agric. Food Chem., Vol. 54, No. 5, 2006, pp. 1699-1709; "Assessing the transfer of genetically modified DNA from feed to animal tissues", Mazza, R. et al., Transgenic Res., Vol. 14, No. 5, 2005, pp. 775-784; "Detection of genetically modified DNA sequences in milk from the Italian market", Agodi, A., et al., Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health, Vol. 209, 2006, pp. 81-88
19. "Coexistence of plants and coexistence of farmers: Is an individual choice possible?", Binimelis, R., Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, Vol. 21, No. 2, April 2008
20. "Choice: Less can be more", Roger Levett, Food Ethics magazine, Vol. 3, No. 3, Autumn 2008, p. 11, http://www.foodethicscouncil.org/node/384 , accessed October 2008
21. See, for example, Marie-Monique Robin's documentary film, "Le Monde Selon Monsanto" ("The World According to Monsanto"), ARTE, 2008; and the website of the NGO, Coalition Against Bayer-Dangers, www.cbgnetwork.org
22. GM company Monsanto has launched many such lawsuits launched against farmers. A famous example is the case of the Canadian farmer Percy Schmeiser. Just one article on this case is "GM firm sues Canadian farmer", BBC News Online, 6 June 2000, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/779265.stm ,
accessed October 2008
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