-Caveat Lector- > From: jean hudon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hello > > I'd like to nail down a couple thoughts which, hopefully, will waken you up > a bit on the atrocities committed by those of the world Establishment who > would so much want that their crimes remain unknown to the vast majority of > us. > > In thE emails below received in the last few days, you will find an > overall theme - if you have a clear enough conscience to see it. > > The contempt for life shown by some despicable characters, mostly from the > United States of America, is simply appaling. > > * Despite ample evidence that genetically modified crops are biological > pollutants that will soon wreak havoc with the global environment (the > survival of the monarch butterflies for instance is now at risk because of > Bt-laced GM crops in the US) and the fragile balance of the Earth's > ecosystem, they went ahead anyway, with the blessings of the US > governmental authorities (chiefly) and sprinkled those deadly plants > decried by Prince Charles all around > the world. But fortunately Europeans are strongly resisting the concealed > and stealth invasion of our food by genetically modified "Frankenfoods" > that Monsanto and Dupont are doing their utter best to ram into our > throats. But when will the authorities put those people into jail as the > Belgium government did for the 2 men responsible for the dioxine poisoning > of animal feed recently?... > > * Aspartame, one of the deviliest sweetening products ever designed by man > that can cause or amplify a number of debilitating illnesses ranging from > Alzheimer to arthritis because of the neurotoxic effect of the various > poisons it creates when chemically decomposed by heat, has now been > discovered to be even more dangerous because a bacteria used to produce it > is often of a genetically modified variety and can have dramatic, albeit > never verified nor studied, effects on the human health. But fortunately > and thanks to the unrelenting awareness-raising campaign waged by Mission > Possible International headed by Betty Martini, more physicians than ever > know about this man-made epidemic and warn their patients off all Diet > Pepsi and Diet Coke and all other > NutraSweet/Equal/Spoonful/Benevia/NatraTaste sweetened "asparcidal foods" > (over 5000 of them contains some of this poison in every North American > supermarket!) and people are voting with their dollars to force those > poisoners and the FDA to take this shit out of our food. > > * And finally, when we thought the barbaric war and bombing of Kosovo and > Serbia was over and that we could now rest peacefully and enjoy summer, > here comes this news that the bombing and murdering of civilians by the > overwhelming firepower of US-led NATO was entirely intentional and coldly > ordered despite protests by some of the pilots hired to do this dirty job. > The media who, once again, played this story according to the script > written by the Big BAD US Government operatives, have barely scratched the > surface of all the ignominous and barbaric crimes against humanity and the > environment perpetrated under the pretense of saving the Albanians Kosovars > from Serbian atrocities - which were absolutely real, no question about > that! - but which were in fact a perfect testing ground for a host of new > exotic weapons and a show a force to teach the world just who is the > undisputed warmaster of the planet - just as was the Gulf War... > > > So read on if you don't mind having an open mind and a sored soul... > > Jean Hudon > http://www.cybernaute.com/earthconcert2000 > > > GM crops can cross-pollinate: official > > Guardian staff and agencies > Thursday June 17, 1999 > > New Government research on GM crops has found they can cross-pollinate > with other plants nearby. It means guidelines on growing genetically > modified crops may have to change. > The findings, likely to prove embarrassing to ministers, are said to show > evidence of "transgenic pollution" from GM crops to neighbouring fields. > > The report was commissioned by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and > Food from the John Innes Centre in Norwich. Experts at the research > centre were asked to investigate claims that current safeguards were not > enough to prevent GM pollen from test sites contaminating other crops, > including those grown by organic farmers. > > According to the Soil Association the report concludes that the safe > planting distances designed to keep GM plants out of range of other crops > are inadequate. > > If this is the case it will force the Government to re-assess the > voluntary guidelines issued by the Supply Chain Initiative on Modified > Agricultural Crops (Scimac), the body that regulates GM crop experiments. > > A MAFF spokesman said: "If the report makes suggestions, then we will > definitely look at them and see if they are workable or practicable." The > report is not yet published on the internet, and according to MAFF may > not be electronically available for up to two weeks. > > The Government faced calls from its backbenchers to debate the report . > But the leader of the House of Commons, Margaret Beckett , said she could > not promise an early debate and repeated the Government's call for the > discussion to be based on science, not hearsay. > > Agriculture Minister Nick Brown who attended the document launch at > Westminster was asked if he regretted the introduction of genetically > modified crop trials in the countryside. > > He replied: "No," adding that questions about cross contamination were > always a subject for discussion when organic produce first came on stream > and long before GM crops. Mr Brown said the current field trials were > being done to establish the facts about GM crops and assured consumers. > "There is no foundation for fears about foods in the market place. I have > absolute confidence in the regulatory regime." > > Meanwhile, the Soil Association, which licenses 1,000 organic farmers in > the UK, is setting tough new rules to maintain the purity of organically > grown crops. Letters going out to farmers today instruct them to inform > the Association if their fields are within six miles from a GM test site. > Farmers who fall into this category will have their crops monitored. If > significant GM pollution is discovered, their organic status will be > withdrawn. > > GM crops are now being grown on four farm-scale sites in England - at > Mortimer, near Reading, Berkshire; Glentham in Lincolnshire; Lyng in > Norfolk; and Watlington in Oxfordshire. There are also more than 140 much > smaller experimental sites spread around the English countryside. > > Crops on a fifth large site were burned by the organic farmer taking part > in the trial after the Soil Association threatened to withdraw his > certification. The farmer's organic beans were growing just six metres > away from a GM crop field. > > Catherine Fookes, campaigns manager for the Soil Association, said: "We > want the Government to stop these large trials right now. They were > started without anyone thinking of the consequences. > > "This research should have been carried out before the trials were > embarked upon. Now the Government has dug itself into a real hole, > because the results show you cannot prevent contamination with the > current distances." > > At present the safe "buffer zones" around GM oil seed rape or fodder > maize extend for a distance of 200 metres. For sugar beet the safe > distance is 600 metres. Six months ago a study by the National Pollen > Research Unit commissioned by the Soil Association said GM pollen could > contaminate crops many miles away. > > The research showed that more than 80% of rape seed pollen was carried by > bees, and bees could fly more than three miles. Wind could transport it > considerably further, it was claimed. > > Greenpeace campaign director Dr Doug Parr said: "The Government should > listen to what the people are demanding and stop field trials. > Unacceptable environmental pollution is inevitable. They promised the > people choice. If they don't act, this choice will be taken away. It is > ridiculous to set thresholds for pollution that is living and will multiply. > > "This poll shows that the public won't swallow the contamination of > organic crops with GM pollution. Consumers have already voted with their > purses against GM foods and in favour of healthy, modern organic > alternatives. The Government should respond to the public's concern and > protect organic produce rather than continuing to release GM pollution > into the countryside and thereby consigning organic agriculture to its > death bed." > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 11:23:13 -0400 > From: Betty Martini <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Monsanto Sweetener Turns Sour: Admits GE product! > > > Dear Paula Revere: For the media list. > > With Monsanto's arrogance they think they own the government, and perhaps > they do. But they don't own the people, so its up to us!. They tell us > aspartame is natural. Of course! Its as natural as polyethylene! Or for > that matter Nerve Gas which it better resembles since both are neurotoxins! > > Betty > > > Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 14:07:03 +0100 > From: James Mackenzie <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: B-GE: Aspartame story breaks in UK > > Betty! > It's front page! > > <Independent on Sunday 20/6/99 > > *World's top sweetener is made with GM bacteria* > > The most widely used sweetener in the world, found in fizzy drinks and > sweets, is being made using a secret genetic engineering process, which > some scientists claim needs further testing for toxic side-effects. > > The use of genetic engineering to make aspartame has stayed secret until > now because there is no modified DNA in the finished product. Monsanto, the > pioneering GM food giant, which makes aspartame, insists that it is > completely safe. But some scientists fear that not enough is known about > the process of making it. One of the two elements that make up the > sweetener can be produced by genetically engineered bacteria, and > scientists say that they cannot rule out toxic side-effects. > > The Independent on Sunday has found that Monsanto often uses genetically > engineered bacteria to produce the sweetener at its US production plants. > "We have two strains of bacteria - one is traditionally modified and one is > genetically modified," said one Monsanto source. "It's got a modified > enzyme. It has one amino acid different." > > A Monsanto spokeswoman confirmed that aspartame for the US market is often > made using genetic engineering. But sweetener supplied to British food > producers is not. However, consumer groups say it is likely that some > low-calorie products containing genetically engineered aspartame have been > imported into Britain. > > "Increasingly, chemical companies are using genetically engineered bacteria > in their manufacturing process without telling the public," said Dr Erik > Millstone, of the Science Policy Research Unit at Sussex University, and a > member of the National Food Alliance. > > MPs want the government to launch an inquiry to see how much US aspartame > is coming into the UK. Norman Baker, Liberal Democrat environment > spokesman, will this week write to Jeff Rooker, the Food Safety Minister, > to ask him to ensure that US aspartame is labeled as genetically modified. > "Monsanto's sweetener," he said, "has turned sour." > > Aspartame is made by combining phenylalanine, which is naturally produced > by bacteria, with another amino acid. To make the bacteria produce more > phenylalanine, Monsanto has genetically engineered them. > > "Whether such a contaminating compound will be toxic or not is entirely > unknowable until empirical studies have been done to test toxicity," said > Dr. John Fagan, a former genetic engineer who now heads Genetic ID, the > world's leading GM test centre. "No such studies have been done, or at > least they have not been placed in the public domain." > > ------------ > to comment on this article, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > all letters must include your postal address and a daytime telephone number > ------------ > > forwarded by > James Mackenzie > Scottish Green Party > (anything with Monsanto's NutraSweet/Equal/Spoonful/Benevia/NatraTaste) > VISIT http://www.dorway.com Get links to over 30 sites on aspartame > VISIT http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/ ..FAQs & Cases > VISIT http://www.notmilk.com Exposing Bovine Growth Hormone > > Disability and Death are not acceptable costs of business! > > > Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 > From: Mark Graffis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: NATO pilot on the bombing of Yugoslavia: "...one the biggest > savageries of history" (fwd) > > Spanish Fighter Pilots Admit NATO Purposely Attacks Civilian Targets > > June 14, 1999 > Articulo 20 (Spain-weekly) > By Jose Luis Morales (?) > > The pilots of Spanish planes who participated in bombing > raids against Yugoslavia do not feel like "supermen" nor masters of > aerospace. Quite the contrary, they say that our forces play to the tune > of music played by the North Americans, and accuse NATO of having > honoured with medals the bombing of civilian targets, what they > otherwise name "collateral damages". > > Captain Adolfo Luis Martin de la Hoz, who returned to > Spain at the end of May after having participated in the bombings from > the beginning, an "authentic expert for the dreadful F-18", the war > plane most often used in the war strategy of "scorched land" in the > Balkans, is very categoric: "First of all, I want to make it clear that > the majority, I say the majority, of my colleagues, even if not all, are > against the war in general and against this war of barbarity in > particular." > > Martin de la Hoz says that he and his colleagues "are > burnt out". > > "A few days ago, there appeared in the papers certain > statements of Commander Maches Michavilla, who is now in the air base at > Aviano with the pilots who replaced us, in which he said that our main > helper in the air was mental and physical health. But I tell you that > our worst enemies are our own authorities, the Defence Minister and all > his team, the members of the Government, who know nothing about war and > go along with it without informing themselves about anything and, what > is gravest, who are guilty of lying to the Spanish people through the > papers, radio and television, foreign correspondents and press > agencies." > > The suspicions that NATO's repeated bombings of > civilian victims and non-military targets are not the result of war > "errors", are confirmed by Captain Martin de la Hoz: > > "Several times our colonel protested to NATO chiefs as > to why they select targets which are not military targets. They threw > him out with curses, saying that we should know that the North Americans > would lodge a complaint to the Spanish Army, once through Brussels and > again to the Defence Minister. But there is more, and I want to tell it > to the whole world: once there was a coded order from the North American > military that we should drop anti-personnel bombs over the localities of > Prishtine (Pristina) and Nish (Nis). The colonel refused it altogether > and, a couple of days later, the transfer order came. But what I say now > is nothing compared to what I shall have to say when the time comes." > > The Spanish military denounces that "the Spanish > Government not only does not try to inform themselves, but that they > also accept the false reports that are edited for them in Aviano, where > there is a sort of military press cabinet in the hands of North American > generals and functionaries. Ever since we arrived in Italy - the captain > goes on - there is no end to humiliations and insults. The only > order-givers are the North American generals, and no one else. We are > zeroes, just as our replacements are going to be. > > But there is still more to that. Here, they say that > several operations were directed by Spanish commanders and pilots. Lies > over lies. All the missions that we flew, every single one, were planned > by high U.S. military authorities. Even more, they were all planned in > detail, including attacking planes, targets and type of ammunition that > we have to drop. We never directed anything, and our missions were > limited to flying over the borders of Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia and > Slovakia (Slovenia?)." > > Government's lies > > None of the pilots presently stationed at Aviano, who > replaced those who went to the Italian base shortly before the start of > war, last March 23, were there with a clear conscience, says the Spanish > military. > > "It is being written to saturation that the > disciplined and patriotic Spanish pilots - according to Minister Eduardo > Serra - are concentrating on the complexity of their war missions". > > But we read so many discrepancies, so many lies, > that we agreed to not read a single newspaper until we return. Our anger > is enormous. The President of the government, the Minister of Foreign > Affairs and the Defence Minister are lying brazenly each time they talk > about the war. Some of us are of another opinion and believe that they > do not inform themselves, because the North Americans - the White House, > the Pentagon, the CIA, the Embassy or military information service, > whoever, do not inform them about anything. How should they inform > themselves if our own Javier Solana has not informed himself since the > war broke out? > > Solana is a puppet who has been put there by the > Yanquis to do what they tell him he must do. And so he does, standing > straight before General Clark when he talks to him, or better said, when > he issues him the orders that he has to implement without delay." > > On the subject of manipulation of war information, > Captain de la Hoz says that "no one has said anything about the > incidents that took place in Aviano, about the disastrous maintenance of > Spanish machines, about everything, and about the constant humiliations > to which we were subjected from the beginning. > > Not that we are cannon fodder. No. We are nothing. > About the fatal accidents, the losses suffered without connection to > combat, the contempt and the sanctions, not a word. From no one!" > > For the wrong selection of targets and > humiliations, the Spanish military are ever more certain that there is > no alibi. > > "We know perfectly well that we are intervening > in a conflict - says Martin de la Hoz - which is rejected by the > majority of the Spanish people and this is most important for us. But > what they do not say in any information, commentary or speech, is that > the Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese ... that we are there to cover for the > North American generals who are wheeling and dealing in the war. > > There is no journalist who has the slightest > idea what is happening in Yugoslavia. They are destroying the country, > bombing it with new weapons, toxic nerve gases, surface mines dropped by > parachute, bombs containing uranium, napalm, sterilization chemicals, > sprayings to poison the crops and weapons of which even we still do not > know anything. > > The North Americans are committing there one > of the biggest barbarities that can be committed against humanity. Many > very bad things will be told in the future about what was happening > there because, by the way, judging by what we talked about with the > British and German officers, it was designed in order to divide the > Europeans and keep us subjected for many decades. > > Therefore, Captain Martin de la Hoz is > enraged when there is talk about the costs of the war. There should be > no doubts, he confirms, that the military detached in Aviano are > receiving bonuses which "multiply by five our salary, but not > considering the daily expenses and other perquisites. We could say that > we should be satisfied with what this war means economically for each > one of us, but it is not true, what they give us is chocolate for the > parrots. > > This war is going to cost the Spaniards > more than all the money allocated for culture in the last five years. > And, even if now no one says anything because of the elections, it will > come in a few months and will be felt in our pockets. Because this > brutal Yanqui-only war, no one's but the Yanquis, is going to be paid by > all of us. > Be certain that what I say is not to > exculpate myself and to intone 'mea culpa' for having participated in > it, because I will never be able to forget that what was being committed > there was one the biggest savageries of history." > > > LAST MINUTE ADDITION: > > Newsweek.com > THURSDAY, June 17, 1999 > > Food Fight > > The effects of eating genetically engineered food are as unknown to > scientists as the ingredients in a consumer's shopping basket. On Thursday, > scientists and wary consumers will gather in Washington for the National > Summit on the Dangers of Genetically Engineered Foods. They hope to pressure > Congress and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration into calling for the > testing of engineered foods, and to ensure that all foods containing any of > these products are labelled. The event sponsors, Mothers for Natural Law, > will also present a petition of half a million names collected from across > the US. "This is a right to know issue," Laura Ticciati, the group's > executive director, told Newsweek.com. "At the moment we are all part of the > largest food experiment ever." > > Experts from fields as varied as nuclear physics, environmental science, and > molecular biology who have put their names to the document claim engineered > food could result in either a toxic or allergic reaction in humans. "There > has been no human testing of these foods, and the effects of eating them are > unknown," said Dr. John Hagelin, Director of the Institute of Science > Technology & Public Policy, who will be moderating the event. At the moment > there is no legislation requiring for engineered food to be labeled. "Soy > used in infant formula has genetic material and bacteria never before > ingested by the human race," Hagelin told Newsweek.com. By altering the DNA > of a vegetable genetic engineers are altering the natural progression of the > organism, the scientists claim. The outcome of eating a tomato created to be > frost proof could conceivably be a fish allergy, they say. "The natural > pattern now for these plants," Dr. Hagelin explained, "is chaos theory. The > gene pollution is irreversible. We are rewriting the genetic library of the > earth in only three to five years." > > - Louise Rosen DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. 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