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To: Dan Spillane who wrote (2328)	7/24/1999 6:44:00 PM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2539

Dan, I'd like to ask a (probably stupid) question...from the article..."But at the same time that Rainbow has solved a problem for some farmers, it may be creating problems for others. Dr. Gonsalves said that organic papaya plants growing near genetically modified papaya could be fertilized by genetically engineered pollen. The fruits produced would then carry seeds with the engineered virus gene. If these seeds are replanted by organic farmers, then they will unknowingly be growing genetically modified fruits, which are by definition, not organic." Perhaps this is semantics but why is GM by definition, not organic. I thought that organic refers to farming techniques wholly independent of the seed, i.e., the use of fertilizers, pesticides, etc.. Is there some, for example, WTO official definition of what organic is and whether GM plants are by definition not organic? Regards, Jim