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To: one_less who wrote (2108)	10/1/2006 1:47:25 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10087

"I have been asking around and some opinions are that GMOs increase our agricultural competitiveness with little or no reason to have negative concerns" 2 edged sword; will increase production and/or decrease costs, but also, it may cost market share due to GMO bans; if they get past WTO. And if a boycott of all American produce doesn't result from the inability to ban said produce behind WTO. Illegal GMO rice cover-up by EFSA and Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) American GM long grain rice is still on sale in Ireland even though GM rice is illegal in the EU and all US long-grain rice imports are banned in Japan and Swizerland. Bayer CropScience genetically modified LL601 rice from experiments in the USA in 1999-2001 contaminated food supplies world-wide without detection until January 2006. The unapproved rice contains virus DNA suspected of causing pre-cancerous growth in animals, and bacterial DNA for resistance to glufosinate ammonium weedkiller, a neurotoxin linked to birth defects. The European Food Safety Authority and FSAI (whose CEO Dr. John O'Brien is a former director of the International Life Sciences Institute biotech industry lobby group) claims there is no health risk, even though the EFSA GMO panel said there is insufficient data to justify this claim, and Bayer is refusing to release a secret dossier that might well show that LL601 is genetically unstable and dangerous. The illegal GM rice was found in Tesco, Aldi, and Morrisons stores and has probably been sold by most retailers and consumed for years by millions of people. Kellogs Rice Krispies, Gerber baby food, and Anheuser-Busch beer could also be contaminated. The EU admits 12 US rice consignments certified as GM-free were also contaminated, so the certification system is a total farce. gmfreeireland.org amazon.com gmofree-europe.org The Lurking Mendonesian Rat

To: one_less who wrote (2108)	10/1/2006 3:35:51 PM
From: JBTFD	Respond to of 10087

Personally I would love to see a lawsuit holding corporations like Monsanto responsible for damages when their GMO tainted crops contaminate nearby Organic crop. (just as they are suing Percy Shmeiser in Saskatechewan. They are suing him because their GMO crop contaminated his field. This would be a blow back.) And I agree there is danger in how the food industry wants to water down the labeling of any product as "organic". Big food industry would like to water down the standard so much that is would be basically meaningless to label anything "organic". We can see that big food industry is very against food labeling in general. They spent millions to defeat it in Oregon recently.

To: one_less who wrote (2108)	10/1/2006 3:43:19 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10087

<<‘Organic’ farming>> You mean like the spinach that made so many sick last week>