Yesterday I got the following mail that I would like to share here . has for the first time in 12 years approved by the European Commission has just the growing of genetically engineered foods! By
has yielded to the GM lobby, the Commission ignored the opinion of 60% of Europeans who want to make sure first that the cultivation of genetically modified foods pose no threat to our health and the environment.
A new EU initiative, it is legally possible to become official entries that can be addressed directly to the European Commission to participate if one million EU citizens.
Let us collect 1 million signatures to ensure that the introduction of GM foods will be stopped so long until there is meaningful research results, they are passed to the President of the European Commission, Barroso. Please sign the petition and forward this email to your friends and families:
consumer, health, Environmental and farmer organizations have long protested against the few international genetic engineering companies engaged in such a strong impact on European agriculture. The cultivation of GM crops, many concerns are connected: pollution of adjacent farmland, huge burden on the environment by excessive use of additional pesticides and the destruction of biodiversity and regional agriculture and not least the implications of "gene food" on the health of the population.
While some EU member states have spoken clearly against the decision, supports the federal government to the installation of "BASF-potato" Amflora and provides Thus, the profit German CEOs before the interest of German citizens.
There is still no consensus regarding the long-term effects of genetically modified organisms. The research institutions and regulatory agencies are funded by the GM industry, which has primarily their profit in mind - not the public good. Therefore urge the European citizens more independent research, testing and precautions before a genetically engineered plant is approved in our country.
The newly established 'European citizens' initiative "is a million EU citizens the opportunity to policy proposals to the European to address the Commission, and thus offers a unique opportunity to limit the influence of lobbyists.
Let us collect 1 million signatures together to stop the introduction of GM crops and products to the European market. We demand the establishment of independent research institutions that examine the impact of genetic manipulation and to establish effective control mechanisms. Sign the petition and forward this e-mail, please forward them to all who know you:
full determination ,
Alice, Benjamin, Ricken, Luis, Graziela and the whole Avaaz team.
Additional information: Last
€ Barometer 2008 survey 'Attitudes of European citizens towards the environment', page 66:
http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_295_de.pdf
Monsanto action against MON810 ban on hold
http://www.fr-online.de/in_und_ausland/wirtschaft/aktuell/?em_cnt=2327907
the world, EU Commission approves controversial GM potato:
http://www.welt.de/news/article6623237/EU-Kommission-genehmigt-umstrittene-Gen-Kartoffel.html
Handelsblatt, BASF will http://www.handelsblatt.com/newsticker/unternehmen/absatz-basf-will-zulassung-fuer-weitere-gen-kartoffeln approval for further gene-potatoes
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time The EU allows the cultivation of the potato "Amflora"
http://www.zeit.de/wissen/2010-03/basf-amflora-anbau
shortcomings in risk assessment of the EU Food Safety Authority (pdf):
http://testbiotech.org/sites/default/files/risk-reloaded_deutsch% 2029.11.09.pdf
