-Caveat Lector- Come on folks, as much as I am against these (GM organism for any food or else) don't even dream that the US Corp are the primary culprits! GM imposed without any labeling and/or standards are pushed onto the European consumer without their knowledge and/or approval! So much for the EU commissions and consumer protection acts! Welcome to the left (liberal!) side of politics. European ban of GM foods are no consumer concern but only protectionism!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wake up world, you get screwed by those guys one way or the other. Frans from Belgium (really against this bulls........!) PS: I Thank God we have a garden and my wife is a green hand! -----Original Message----- From: Conspiracy Theory Research List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Dave Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 12:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CTRL] "GM organisms are dead" - UK Monsanto Executives Want to Pull Out of GE -Caveat Lector- No market in Japan or Europe for GE FrankenFood(tm) Will the controlled U.S. media continue to withold information? Dave Hartley http://www.Asheville-Computer.com/dave -----Original Message----- From: Richard Wolfson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 29, 1999 12:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: GEN11-29 Biotech News, by Richard Wolfson, PhD Reprinted with permission from the December 1999 issue of Alive: Canadian Journal of Health and Nutrition, 7436 Fraser Park Drive, Burnaby, BC V5J 5B9 Deutsche Bank advises against Biotech Europe's biggest bank, Deutsche Bank, has advised several thousand of the world's largest investors not to invest in biotechnology. The report to its investors warns that farmers who plant biotech crops could lose money and that the market value of biotech companies could collapse. The report concludes: "GM organisms are dead" because consumers are suspicious about their impact on human health and the environment. The full report is accessible at: http://www.biotech-info.net/Deutsche.html Biotech Firms Top Blacklist A survey of socially responsible investors by the Ethical Investment Trust shows that concern about investing in businesses carrying out biotech research has gone from being a minor issue two years ago to investors' second biggest concern. Arms manufacturing was ranked the least ethical investment, followed by biotech research. Grain Giant asks Farmers to Segregate U.S. grain giant Archer Daniels Midland Co. called on American farmers to segregate genetically modified and conventional crops. The British Retail Consortium, representing food outlets in UK, welcomed the move by ADM saying: "It will help British food retailers in their efforts to source non-GM ingredients." Grain merchants have already begun paying farmers higher prices for non-GE soy and corn. Demand for Non-Biotech Corn Because of the controversy over biotech crops, the American Corn Growers Association (ACGA) is asking farmers to plant non-genetically engineered corn. According to Gary Goldberg, CEO of the association, "GMOs have become the albatross around the neck of farmers on issues of trade, labeling, testing, certification, segregation, market availability and agribusiness concentration. Until all these issues are answered, it is best for production agriculture to examine alternatives to planting GMOs." Heinz GE-Free in Europe In responding to public outcry against genetically engineered ingredients, the Pittsburgh-based food giant Heinz eliminated all genetically modified ingredients from beans, soups and other products sold in Europe. GE Website for children <http://www.oneworld.org/penguin/genetics/home.html> is an excellent illustrated website for children about genetic engineering and its hazards. Visitors to the website are encouraged to download anything they like off the website as long as they acknowledge where it came from. Material from the site is already being used in schools in New Zealand. US Ambassador to EU Threatens Trade War Richard Morningstar, the new U.S. ambassador to the European Union, threatened a billion-dollar trade war over moves by European governments to refuse genetically engineered food imports. The warning fuels claims that the U.S. dominated biotech industry is using its ties with the American government to bully countries who do not want genetically modified foods. Super Opium Poppy Scientists in Australia have genetically engineered poppy plants capable of producing twice the opium. Australia produces about 25 percent of the world's legal opium. Senior police sources fear drug gangs, who have already stolen more than 50,000 poppy heads this year, could target seeds from the new super poppy. Honda Building U.S. Plant for GE-Free soybeans Honda Trading Corp of Japan is building a plant in Ohio (USA) for sorting non-genetically modified soybeans. The plant will have a capacity of 20,000 tonnes of soybeans per year. Soybeans from the plant will be sold to manufacturers of GE-free soy products, such as in Japan where GE foods need be labeled. UK Monsanto Executives Want to Pull Out of GE According to the Independent (UK, September 5, 1999), top executives of Monsanto are pressuring the company to pull out of genetically modified crop trials in Britain. Senior managers are deeply concerned about continuing public resistance to GE crops. Japanese Brewers Shunning GM corn Japan's third-largest beer maker Sapporo Breweries announced it will stop using genetically modified corn to make beer. A few days earlier, industry leader Kirin Brewery Co took the same action. For further information on biotechnology and its hazards, see the website: http://www.concentric.net/~Rwolfson/home.html ** NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed for research and educational purposes only. ** _________________________________________________________ Richard Wolfson, PhD Consumer Right to Know Campaign, for Mandatory Labelling and Long-term Testing of all Genetically Engineered Foods, 500 Wilbrod Street Ottawa, ON Canada K1N 6N2 tel. 613-565-8517 fax. 613-565-1596 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Our website, http://www.natural-law.ca/genetic contains more information on genetic engineering as well as previous genetic engineering news items. Subscription fee to genetic engineering news is $35 (USD for those outside Canada) for 12 months, payable to "BanGEF" and mailed to the above address. 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