Teman-teman saya ada informasi mengenai GMO: Genetically modified organisms -- or GMOs -- have been making waves in both Europe and the USA. The United Nations will be wrapping up deliberations on a new "biosafety" treaty to establish rules limiting the international trade and shipment of GMOs, principally seeds and foods such as tomatoes or soy, at a Jan. 24-28, 2000, meeting in Montreal. Its focus: establishing notification of shipments, on informed consent, and on limiting movement of products intended for release directly into the environment -- such as seeds for planting, as opposed to eating or processing. UN's online background on the treaty's proposed language, http://www.biodiv.org/. Monique Chiasson, UN Biodiversity Secretariat, 514-287-7019. Robert Paarlberg (re: politics -- who stands to gain or lose), Harvard's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, 617-495-1828. Val Giddings, Biotechnology Industry Organization, 202-857-0244. Amy Ridenour, National Center for Public Policy Research (GMO advocate), 202-371-1400, x-107. Joe Mendelson (GMO critic and litigant), Center for Food Safety, 202-547-9359. Philip Bereano, University of Washington (GMO safety concerns), 206-543-9037. Salam, Harry Surjadi
