Re: [Biofuel] Sludge, not in my backyard

[Keith Addison]

Hello DM

>I know that sludge has been spread on farmer's fields. Problem is, 
>it's loaded with
>heavy metals, synthetic hormones and some pharmaceutical compounds. 
>Not exactly
>what you want in your next ear of sweet corn. Plus sludge 
>contaminates ground water and aquifers.

 From 2004:

Organic Toxic Sludge
>Much of what you flush down your toilet likely ends up being spread 
>on local farm fields as fertilizer for the food you eat. At face 
>value, it seems like a perfectly natural process. Historically, 
>manure has been a preferred fertilizer for farmers worldwide. In the 
>U.S. 60% of sewage sludge is treated, dried and shipped out to the 
>farm.  Proponents claim the sludge has only low levels of bacteria, 
>but what about the chemicals homeowners and industry dump into the 
>wastewater system? Those toxins don't just disappear. When applied 
>to the soil, they work their way into the ground water, the air, and 
>the plants we eat. Award winning scientist, David Lewis, a 
>microbiologist, was recently fired from the Environmental Protection 
>Agency for his criticism of the U.S. Government's sewage sludge 
>policies. Lewis and  likeminded opponents question how the EPA, in 
>1992, determined that  sewage sludge was too toxic to continue 
>dumping in the oceans, yet  it's perfectly legal to apply the same 
>stuff to food crops intended  for human ingestion. The EPA is now 
>considering selling this same sludge under the label "organic 
>compost". Write a letter to the EPA, expressing your concerns: 
>http://www.organicconsumers.org/foodsafety/sludge011504.cfm

http://asp.washtimes.com/printarticle.asp?action=print&ArticleID=20020619-13558
EPA says toxic sludge is good for fish
Audrey Hudson
THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published 6/19/2002
>The Army Corps of Engineers' dumping of toxic sludge into the 
>Potomac River protects fish by forcing them to flee the polluted 
>area and escape fishermen, according to an internal Environmental 
>Protection Agency document.

LOL!

http://enn.com/news/wire-stories/2002/07/07032002/ap_47731.asp
Concern growing over use of recycled sludge on land
Wednesday, July 03, 2002
By Judy Lin, Associated Press
>PITTSBURGH - The dump trucks have begun rolling by Bob Grant's 
>western Pennsylvania farm, carrying recycled sludge by the ton for 
>fertilizing a neighbor's cattle-grazing land. To Grant, the trucks 
>don't just transport treated wastewater sludge. They carry viruses 
>that can be spread by the wind, bacteria that can seep into the 
>groundwater, and of course, the unbearable stench of ammonia.

Four million tonnes a year.

http://ens-news.com/ens/jul2002/2002-07-03-06.asp
Sewage Sludge Rules Fail to Protect Health
By Cat Lazaroff
>WASHINGTON, DC, July 3, 2002 (ENS) - The U.S. Environmental 
>Protection Agency (EPA) is using outdated science to set standards 
>governing the use of treated sewage sludge as a fertilizer, warns a 
>new report from the National Academies' National Research Council. 
>The committee that wrote the report is calling for additional 
>studies to assess the health risks of sewage sludge. Sewage sludge, 
>the byproduct of treating municipal and industrial wastewater, is 
>often used as fertilizer. But even treated sewage sludge may contain 
>toxic chemicals such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), lead and 
>mercury that can cause serious illnesses, including cancer and birth 
>defects. Sludge is also often laden with bacteria and viruses that 
>can cause diseases like E. coli and salmonella poisoning.

http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=13710
EPA Finds No Harm in Using Sewage Sludge as Fertilizer - by James M. 
Taylor - The Heartland Institute
Published In: Environment News
Publication Date: November 21, 2003
>After five years studying the application of sewage sludge as a 
>fertilizing agent, the Environmental Protection Agency has found 
>virtually no adverse health effects and has declined to impose 
>regulations on the practice.

I don't suppose it got any better since then.

Good book:

Toxic Sludge Is Good For You
Lies, Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry
by John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton
http://www.prwatch.org/books/tsigfy.html

Sludge didn't used to contain all the toxic stuff, most of it didn't 
exist until 50 years ago or so, and production of existing hazwastes 
was minute compared with today. Nor had industry yet assumed their 
right to the free use of the local toilet facilities to externalise 
their wastes, or not nearly on such a scale as today.

Wylie, Van Vuren, Gotaas and others working in the 1940s and 50s 
treated sludge along with other wastes by thermophilic aerobic 
composting (hot compost) with good effect. I'd guess any hazwastes in 
the finished compost were probably less than today's background 
levels (plus all the new stuff).

"Fertility from Town Wastes" by J.C. Wylie, 1955, Faber & Faber, London

"The Wastes of Civilization" by J.C. Wylie, 1959, Faber & Faber, London.

"Soil Fertility and Sewage 

[Biofuel] The American Empire and 9/11

[D. Mindock]

I have no doubt at all that 9/11 was an inside job, having seen all the
considerable evidence on the net plus a book on the subject. WRT Twin Towers, I 
have
seen pictures of little jets of smoke coming straight  out of the floors, right 
at the
corners where there were big steel columns,  just below the floor that
was in the process of falling. This was compared to real controlled demolitions
and there too were those same puffs of smoke, coming from explosive 
charges.  Coincidence?

D. Mindock
= 

The American Empire and 9/11
March/April 2007 Issue, Tikkun Magazine
http://www.tikkun.org/magazine/tik0703/frontpage/empire911 [Article raises 
important questions on 9/11]

Literally dozens of people - including journalists, police officers, WTC 
employees, emergency medical workers, and firefighters - reported hearing 
explosions in the Twin Towers, with some of them explicitly saying that the 
collapses appeared to be instances of controlled demolition. One fire captain 
said: "I hear an explosion and I look up. It is as if the building is being 
imploded, from the top floor down, one after another, boom, boom, boom." [A] 
paramedic said: "It was [like a] professional demolition where they set the 
charges on certain floors." One firefighter said: "It seemed like on television 
[when] they blow up these buildings." Given all the features that indicate 
controlled demolition, it is not surprising that when a controlled demolition 
expert in Holland was shown videos of the collapse of WTC 7, without being told 
what the building was ... he said: "They have simply blown away columns. A team 
of experts did this. This is controlled demolition." Two emeritus professors of 
structural analysis and construction at Zurich's prestigious ETH Institute of 
Technology say that WTC 7 was "with the highest probability brought down by 
explosives." FEMA, the first agency given the task of explaining the collapse 
of the WTC, said that its best explanation for the collapse of WTC 7 had "only 
a low probability of occurrence." The 9/11 Commission avoided the problem by 
simply not finding room to mention this collapse in its 571-page report. This 
behavior is no surprise given the fact that the Commission was run by its 
executive director, Philip Zelikow, who was virtually a member of the 
Bush-Cheney administration. 

Note:  This article in Tikkun by renowned theologian David Ray Griffin is the 
first in any major U.S. national magazine to contain a detailed argument that 
the attacks of 9/11 were planned and carried out by rogue elements within the 
U.S. government.  For additional reliable information on the 9/11 coverup, 
click here.
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Re: [Biofuel] How do you catch a crow?

[Keith Addison]

Hello Joe

>Sorry Keith I'm having a very black time here this weekend and today.

Sorry about that, and sorry if I made it a little blacker, but you 
didn't leave me much choice.

>I have a very special place in my heart for birds of all kinds

So do I, all my life.

>and ravens and crows being so intelligent are closest to the tender meat.

Why does their intelligence make them so special, because that means 
they're more like us, and we're so special? I don't think crows and 
ravens are smarter than other birds, they're all smart. Including 
chickens, geese and Muscovies. Crows aren't smarter than Muscovies. 
Actually it's hard to find a dumb animal, unless it's someone's pet 
maybe (rendered dumb). It's hard to kill anything that'll look you in 
the eye. Beetles and spiders and things don't look you in the eye, or 
if they do it's hard to tell, but I don't think they're dumb either.

>I think I responded as much out of my blackness as anything but this 
>talk of killing seems to match with the energy of the space I am in 
>right now.

Actually it was talk of killing a crow and of hatching chicks and 
ducklings and goslings, the reason for killing the crow. You missed 
the nurture side of it, maybe that's what matches.

>Too much for me at the moment. I am quite in awe of the man so his 
>talk of killing crows kind of shocked me.

Which man?

>I'm glad you tried alternatives first.

Always.

>The trap I referred to is not a padded leghold trap but looks just 
>like a giant (maybe half to 3/4 m dia) bear trap.  The hoops snap 
>shut above the bird and the two semicircular 'wings' of the trap are 
>netted so the bird is captured by the net as long as he is not super 
>quick and gets nailed by the frames as they snap shut.  The folks at 
>the wild bird rescue centre near here seem to like this trap.

Thankyou! I think that's the last bit of the puzzle. It sounds like a 
sort of two-sided version of the EZ catch trap Jason reffed, which 
gave me the answer, but two hoops might be better. Problem solved, 
methinks. :-) Well, the theory bit anyway.

>Anyways please disregard and forgive my brashness, I should have known better.

No problem Joe, no hard feelings. Sorry you're having it rough.

>I'll put a request out to the crow to be interested in going 
>elsewhere, and maybe that will help.

Please do. It just sneers at me. Crows are villains. They steal from 
each other, let alone from everyone else.

All best

Keith


>Joe
>
>Keith Addison wrote:
>
>>Hello Joe
>>
>>
>>
>>>Keith Addison wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
Hi all

A pesky crow moved in a couple of weeks ago. I guess they're all
pesky, I haven't met any other kind. It reckons this is its territory
now, there are good pickings here, it's taken to scavenging poultry
feed for instance, sneak-thief, darts in as soon as your back's
turned.





>>>And it is not his territory Keith?  Why not?  Are you sure it is yours?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Sure of yourself there, are you Joe?
>>
>>Yes, it's my territory. I got here first, the crow's a new kid on the
>>block. All of the poultry has also been here a lot longer than the
>>crow.
>>
>>There are other cases where I didn't get here first, and there were
>>conflicts about it, and maybe you should know about those cases
>>before you assume I didn't even consider it. You just might be
>>surprised.
>>
>>Anyway, why do you think I don't have any respect for the lives of
>>other creatures? What are your grounds for assuming that? I'd say
>>there are plenty of grounds for not assuming it, and in fact for
>>assuming quite the opposite. So? :-) You thought about it first for a
>>whole ten seconds at least, didn't you?
>>
>>
>>
Trouble is there'll be flocks of hatchlings around soon, with their
mums to look after them indeed, but chicks run around, the crow will
get some of them.

We killed a crow a year or two ago. We'd been having problems with
them, thieving and so on, and they killed five chicks. Then a couple
of crows got into the chicken hutch and Midori killed one, the other
escaped. We hung the dead one up outside the chicken hutch and the
crows kept away after that. Up to now.



>>>No surprise there eh?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>No. The racoons got the same message. The message I gave the racoons
>>in the first place was quite different, but they didn't want to
>>listen. These were a new wave of racoons, their predecessors
>>listened, after an initial tussle, and then no problem. But they were
>>old, and apparently died off in the meantime. These new ones arrived
>>about a year later to fill the niche. Not old, young and strong, very
>>capable, very brash too. Not sure how many there were, at least five,
>>maybe eight. We sounded each other out for about a month before they
>>decided they didn't need to take any notice of me. The result: five
>>dead chickens, and, finally, one dead racoon, hanging up outside the
>>chicken hutch.
>>
>>If you think t

[Biofuel] 4 and moore crows

[Fritz Friesinger]

Hi Keith,
the only and best way to solve your birdbroblem would be to cover the 
chickenaerea with a net or a wiremesh.
I had a similar problem years ago with owls,wich made me realize (i love owls) 
that it was my choice to raise poultry and ducklings in a wooden aerea and i 
had to conceed to the rigth of the local birds of prey.
Nevertheless covering your yard may be very costly,so a good compromise would 
be to restrickt the chickens to a smaller aerea and cage the place completly in.
By the way,your response to my (or Busches) Crowtrap was in a way expected and 
i can not withold my high regards for your journalistic skills as per the 
quality of your research.
Best regards
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Re: [Biofuel] How do you catch a crow?

[Keith Addison]

Hi Jason

>i was digging around and found a bird trap that might help you. it looks
>like a big mousetrap with a net around the bar.
>it is big enough to hold the bird inside the net, but i would guess that if
>"yon birdie" tried to get away, it would be killed by the impact rather than
>caught by the net. here is the website, but it would probably be easier to
>make one (and cheaper too...) http://www.critterridders.com/pigeon_trap.htm
>its almost to the bottom of the page called "EZ catch". seems like a good
>design idea anyway.

That's great! Thanks very much! The missing bit. It's the same 
technique as a cage trap but using a net instead of a cage. I said I 
thought it needs nets, only I don't know how to use nets, but I'm 
pretty good at cage traps. So far. Right, I'll make one of those, or 
something like it.

Thanks again Jason.

All best

Keith



>- Original Message -
>From: "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: 
>Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 7:32 AM
>Subject: Re: [Biofuel] How do you catch a crow?
>
>
> > Hi Gary, thanks for this
> >
> >>They are very crafty and can count people in their area to a point.
> >
> > Crows are smart! Have a look at what this crow is doing - check the video:
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2178920.stm
> > BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Crows prove they are no birdbrains
> >
> > Homo habilis indeed, LOL!
> >
> >>If you have time, you can walk to the coop with a few people and leave one
> >>person behind to wait for the crows to return. A call that sounds like a
> >>crow can call it in.
> >>
> >>If legal try a #1-1/2 leg hold trap with a morsel of food TIED to the pan.
> >>This can catch other animals also so the location and attention when set
> >>is
> >>very important. The roof top can be a good place to start.
> >>There will be no need to disguise the trap for at least the first attempt
> >>but, be sure to fasten the chain to something just incase the tries to
> >>fly.
> >
> > It's legal, but I'm reluctant to do it. I'd rather kill it outright
> > (ie shoot it, not an option) or catch it without hurting it and then
> > kill it. Probably I need to do something clever with a net, but I
> > haven't managed to figure it out yet. If it comes down to it though
> > the chicks come first and so the crow dies, whatever works. So thanks
> > very much for this, I reckon I could get a leg hold trap to work.
> >
> >>Also according to reports they can carry lots of germs and disease, so
> >>handle with a glove and dispose of with care.
> >
> > It's because they're carrion eaters I guess. Straight into the
> > compost bin, not much left after cooking at 70+ deg C for a week or
> > two.
> >
> > Thanks again, all best
> >
> > Keith
> >
> >
> >
> >>-Original Message-
> >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Keith Addison
> >>Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 7:23 AM
> >>To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
> >>Subject: [Biofuel] How do you catch a crow?
> >>
> >>Hi all
> >>
> >>A pesky crow moved in a couple of weeks ago. I guess they're all
> >>pesky, I haven't met any other kind. It reckons this is its territory
> >>now, there are good pickings here, it's taken to scavenging poultry
> >>feed for instance, sneak-thief, darts in as soon as your back's
> >>turned.
> >>
> >>Trouble is there'll be flocks of hatchlings around soon, with their
> >>mums to look after them indeed, but chicks run around, the crow will
> >>get some of them.
> >>
> >>We killed a crow a year or two ago. We'd been having problems with
> >>them, thieving and so on, and they killed five chicks. Then a couple
> >>of crows got into the chicken hutch and Midori killed one, the other
> >>escaped. We hung the dead one up outside the chicken hutch and the
> >>crows kept away after that. Up to now.
> >>
> >>How do you catch a crow when it's not trapped in a chicken hutch? Any
> >>ideas? I set a trap for a raiding raccoon a couple of months back and
> >>caught it but I won't catch a crow that way.
> >>
> >>TIA
> >>
> >>Best
> >>
> >>Keith


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Re: [Biofuel] 4 and moore crows

[Keith Addison]

Hi Fritz

>Hi Keith,
>the only and best way to solve your birdbroblem would be to cover 
>the chickenaerea with a net or a wiremesh.

Not so Fritz. As I told Joe, it's not possible anyway:

>Anyway they're not in runs, none of the birds are, there are three 
>flocks of birds here and they're on a rotational pasture system (see 
>previous posts about micro-ley farming, if you're interested). At 
>night they roost/nest or whatever in converted sheds, pretty much 
>secure, though the sheds are about a hundred years old.

Can't cover whole pastures with a net. Anyway it's not necessary, all 
I have to do is kill the crow.

>I had a similar problem years ago with owls,wich made me realize (i 
>love owls) that it was my choice to raise poultry and ducklings in a 
>wooden aerea and i had to conceed to the rigth of the local birds of 
>prey.

That might be different. I also love owls, lots of owls in the woods 
here but they're no problem. Anyway the birds are only out during the 
day. I wouldn't say the crows are local birds of prey, they're just 
scavengers. We do have kites, and eagles, various falcons and so on, 
also no problem (so far).

Just about everyone who keeps poultry has problems with predators. 
I'm quite experienced at this, it's the fifth time I've had poultry, 
in 25 years, three different countries. First you learn the hard way, 
then it's manageable after that.

>Nevertheless covering your yard may be very costly,so a good 
>compromise would be to restrickt the chickens to a smaller aerea and 
>cage the place completly in.

Can't do that either, I'm after expanding the grazing areas, not 
restricting them. I'm not about to throw this whole micro-ley farming 
system away because of a crow, nor let a crow hold our poultry under 
siege. I'll kill the crow. I think I have the answer now.

Thanks all the same, but it just wouldn't work.

>By the way,your response to my (or Busches) Crowtrap was in a way 
>expected and i can not withold my high regards for your journalistic 
>skills as per the quality of your research.

:-) Why thankyou!

I haven't read it yet, I hope I find the time.

Thanks again, regards

Keith



>Best regards
>Fritz


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[Biofuel] Fw: Why 4/9/07 Will Change the Resource World Forever

[M&K DuPree]

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Re: [Biofuel] Fw: Cave Of Weed

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Were they traced back from a sale or did the $10,000 a month electric bill do 
it?
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[Biofuel] Biotech industry withdraws GM foods

[Keith Addison]

BIOTECH INDUSTRY WITHDRAWS GM FOODS
PRESS RELEASE, Friends of the Earth Europe, 20th March 2007

Brussels, March 20th, 2007 - The European Union is today discussing 
the official withdrawal by the biotech industry of five genetically 
modified (GM) foods and crops, including the first GM crop that was 
ever grown in Europe. [1] Friends of the Earth Europe has highlighted 
this as further proof that GM crops are failing. [2]

Helen Holder, GMO campaigner for Friends of the Earth Europe said: 
"There is no market for GM food and crops, and companies are even 
withdrawing them from the market. European citizens want GM-free food 
and EU leaders need to take the necessary steps to make this happen."

"These genetically modified foods should have never been allowed to 
be grown in the first place, as no one knows the long term effects to 
both people and the environment."

Bans by EU Member States on three of these five GM crops were central 
to the transatlantic trade dispute in the World Trade Organisations 
(WTO) which ended in 2006. The WTO ruled that counties did have the 
right to prohibit GM crops but that the bans in the EU had not 
followed WTO procedures.

Helen Holder continued: "It is an absolute disgrace that European 
taxpayers money was spent defending a trade dispute about products 
that biotech companies were about to withdraw. The biotech industry 
should be forced to pay the EU compensation for the time and money 
they have wasted."

The withdrawals will be discussed at a meeting today of Member States 
following letters from the biotech industry stating that they will no 
longer be marketed as they are not grown "on global basis". [3] The 
products include a controversial GM maize that was initially grown in 
Spain but was stopped following health concerns because it contains a 
resistance gene to the commonly used antibiotic, ampicillin. It was 
also central to environmental concerns in the United States after 
research indicated that it could damage the Monarch butterfly.[4]

***
For more information, please contact:
Helen Holder, GM Campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe: Tel : +32 
2 542 0182, Mobile +32 474 857 638, Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rosemary Hall, Communications Officer at Friends of the Earth Europe: 
Tel: +32 25 42 61 05, Mobile: +32 485 930515, Email: 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Notes:

[1] The first GM crop to be grown in Europe was genetically modified 
maize Bt176, produced by Syngenta.

[2] A recent detailed study shows that environmentally-friendly 
farming will create more jobs and make the EU more competitive than 
if it grows genetically modified (GM) crops:
http://www.foeeurope.org/publications/2007/FoEE_biotech_MTR_midlifecri 
sis_March07.pdf

[3] Standing Committee of the Food Chain and Animal Health,
http://ec.europa.eu/food/committees/regulatory/scfcah/biosafety/agenda41_en.pdf

[4] The products being withdrawn are:
Genetically modified maize, Bt176 produced by Syngenta
Genetically modified oilseed rape, Ms1xRf1, produced by Bayer
Genetically modified oilseed rape, Ms1xRf2, produced by Bayer
Generically modified oilseed rape, Topas 19/2, produced by Bayer
Genetically modified maize, GA21xMON810, produced by Monsanto

European Commission proposals for withdrawals:
Withdrawal from the market of Bt176 (SYN-EV176-9) maize and its 
derived products

Withdrawal from the market of Ms1xRf1 (ACS BNˆòˆò4 7xACS BNˆòˆò1 4) 
hybrid oilseed rape and its derived products

Withdrawal from the market of Ms1xRf2 (ACS BNˆòˆò4 7xACS BNˆòˆò2 5) 
hybrid oilseed rape and its derived products

Withdrawal from the market of Topas 19/2 (ACS BNˆòˆò7 1) oilseed rape 
and its derived products

Withdrawal from the market of products derived from GA21xMON810 (MON 
ˆòˆòˆò21 9xMON ˆòˆò81ˆò -6) maize

Syngenta Bt176 maize
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2004_2009/documents/dv/614r1-/6 
14r1-en.pdf
Bayer MS1/RF1 oilseed rape
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2004_2009/documents/dv/615r1-/6 
15r1-en.pdf
Bayer MS1/RF2 oilseed rape
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2004_2009/documents/dv/616r1-/6 
16r1-en.pdf
Bayer Falcon oilseed rape
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2004_2009/documents/dv/617r1-/6 
17r1-en.pdf
Monsanto GA21 x MON810 maize
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2004_2009/documents/dv/618r1-/6 
18r1-en.pdf
 

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Re: [Biofuel] Biotech industry withdraws GM foods

[M&K DuPree]

Well knock my socks off and slap my grandma (deceased...but I know she'd 
appreciate the exultations) Mike DuPree

- Original Message - 
From: "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 1:35 AM
Subject: [Biofuel] Biotech industry withdraws GM foods


> BIOTECH INDUSTRY WITHDRAWS GM FOODS
> PRESS RELEASE, Friends of the Earth Europe, 20th March 2007
>
> Brussels, March 20th, 2007 - The European Union is today discussing
> the official withdrawal by the biotech industry of five genetically
> modified (GM) foods and crops, including the first GM crop that was
> ever grown in Europe. [1] Friends of the Earth Europe has highlighted
> this as further proof that GM crops are failing. [2]
>
> Helen Holder, GMO campaigner for Friends of the Earth Europe said:
> "There is no market for GM food and crops, and companies are even
> withdrawing them from the market. European citizens want GM-free food
> and EU leaders need to take the necessary steps to make this happen."
>
> "These genetically modified foods should have never been allowed to
> be grown in the first place, as no one knows the long term effects to
> both people and the environment."
>
> Bans by EU Member States on three of these five GM crops were central
> to the transatlantic trade dispute in the World Trade Organisations
> (WTO) which ended in 2006. The WTO ruled that counties did have the
> right to prohibit GM crops but that the bans in the EU had not
> followed WTO procedures.
>
> Helen Holder continued: "It is an absolute disgrace that European
> taxpayers money was spent defending a trade dispute about products
> that biotech companies were about to withdraw. The biotech industry
> should be forced to pay the EU compensation for the time and money
> they have wasted."
>
> The withdrawals will be discussed at a meeting today of Member States
> following letters from the biotech industry stating that they will no
> longer be marketed as they are not grown "on global basis". [3] The
> products include a controversial GM maize that was initially grown in
> Spain but was stopped following health concerns because it contains a
> resistance gene to the commonly used antibiotic, ampicillin. It was
> also central to environmental concerns in the United States after
> research indicated that it could damage the Monarch butterfly.[4]
>
> ***
> For more information, please contact:
> Helen Holder, GM Campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe: Tel : +32
> 2 542 0182, Mobile +32 474 857 638, Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Rosemary Hall, Communications Officer at Friends of the Earth Europe:
> Tel: +32 25 42 61 05, Mobile: +32 485 930515, Email:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Notes:
>
> [1] The first GM crop to be grown in Europe was genetically modified
> maize Bt176, produced by Syngenta.
>
> [2] A recent detailed study shows that environmentally-friendly
> farming will create more jobs and make the EU more competitive than
> if it grows genetically modified (GM) crops:
> http://www.foeeurope.org/publications/2007/FoEE_biotech_MTR_midlifecri
> sis_March07.pdf
>
> [3] Standing Committee of the Food Chain and Animal Health,
> http://ec.europa.eu/food/committees/regulatory/scfcah/biosafety/agenda41_en.pdf
>
> [4] The products being withdrawn are:
> Genetically modified maize, Bt176 produced by Syngenta
> Genetically modified oilseed rape, Ms1xRf1, produced by Bayer
> Genetically modified oilseed rape, Ms1xRf2, produced by Bayer
> Generically modified oilseed rape, Topas 19/2, produced by Bayer
> Genetically modified maize, GA21xMON810, produced by Monsanto
>
> European Commission proposals for withdrawals:
> Withdrawal from the market of Bt176 (SYN-EV176-9) maize and its
> derived products
>  614r1-en.pdf>
> Withdrawal from the market of Ms1xRf1 (ACS BN^ò^ò4 7xACS BN^ò^ò1 4)
> hybrid oilseed rape and its derived products
>  615r1-en.pdf>
> Withdrawal from the market of Ms1xRf2 (ACS BN^ò^ò4 7xACS BN^ò^ò2 5)
> hybrid oilseed rape and its derived products
>  616r1-en.pdf>
> Withdrawal from the market of Topas 19/2 (ACS BN^ò^ò7 1) oilseed rape
> and its derived products
>  617r1-en.pdf>
> Withdrawal from the market of products derived from GA21xMON810 (MON
> ^ò^ò^ò21 9xMON ^ò^ò81^ò -6) maize
>  618r1-en.pdf>
> Syngenta Bt176 maize
> http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2004_2009/documents/dv/614r1-/6
> 14r1-en.pdf
> Bayer MS1/RF1 oilseed rape
> http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2004_2009/documents/dv/615r1-/6
> 15r1-en.pdf
> Bayer MS1/RF2 oilseed rape
> http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2004_2009/documents/dv/616r1-/6
> 16r1-en.pdf
> Bayer Falcon oilseed rape
> http://w