Very good video and written documentation. With thanks to Alexandra Morton; First Nations Chiefs, people; and thousands of supporters. Among other issues, there is further excellent documentation of a Canadian phenomenon, the use of the RCMP to defend corporate interests AGAINST our laws. Corporate interests act with impunity. The RCMP respond when the corporate interest […]
RELATED: 2017-06-28 Breaking News: World’s first GM fish factory approved in PEI With many thanks to CBAN. (CBAN does impeccable work. I highly recommend them.) GM Salmon Hits Obstacle GM salmon are not yet approved for growing at Rollo Bay PEI. Take action to ensure a full environmental assessment today! The company AquaBounty has […]
This is the CBAN email, with links. Their URL for the action item is https://cban.ca/take-action/ge-fish/ PEI approves world’s first GM fish factory (PEI is Prince Edward Island, a small Maritime province in Canada.) The government of PEI has given the company Aquabounty permission to build the world’s first factory to grow genetically modified (GM, also […]
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/washington-state-sues-monsanto-over-pcb-pollution/ The Associated Press SEATTLE – Washington has become the first U.S. state to sue the agrochemical giant Monsanto over pervasive pollution from PCBs, the toxic industrial chemicals that have accumulated in plants, fish and people around the globe for decades. The company said the case “lacks merit.” Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee and Attorney […]
(I used the COMMENTS at bottom to post update – – court challenge in the U.S.) Today, the US government approved the world’s first GM food animal for human consumption – a GM fish that will originate from Prince Edward Island (PEI) Canada. The US company AquaBounty will produce all the GM fish eggs in […]
“On the Island” this morning, CBC Radio, an opportunity to make a point about economic indicators: RE: Salmon fishery, increasing the take from 3% to 15% My experience with DFO and fish quotas is from Nova Scotia where we lived for 15 years. We arrived in the nineteen-seventies. The Grand Banks cod fishery supported […]
Things that did not make sense suddenly become clear as day. why is the Government proceeding with the registration of GMO salmon? why the closure of fisheries labs on the West Coast? why can’t the Government tolerate scientists? for how little will people sell their souls? I highly recommend the video “Salmon Confidential” and bless […]
Below is in follow-up to 2013-02-12 A million signatures on AVAAZ petition to US FDA, stop the licensing of GM salmon. = = = = = = = = = = = CONTENTS 1. “THE ONLY SOURCE OF GM SALMON EGGS ON THE PLANET“, PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDERS ARE MOBILIZING (again) TO STOP IT! 2. BERTRAM VERHAAG`S […]
Let’s help push this AVAAZ petition over the top. http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_frankenfish_r/?bpPHlab&v=21885 1,000,000 signatures is the goal 974,941 right now. It’s entirely within reach. UPDATE, Feb 18: 985,374 have signed. UPDATE, Mar 03: 992,276 have signed. The New York Times reported in December 2012 that the licensing of GM salmon is likely to go ahead (FDA). The two-month […]
http://www.nationofchange.org/fda-pushes-release-genetically-modified-salmon-environment-1356193056 (from Nation of Change) by Anthony Gucciardi The very genetic coding of the planet is no longer held sacred, according to the United States Food and Drug Administration. The agency is now pushing for the release of genetically modified salmon called ‘frankenfish’ to be unleashed across the globe, threatening the genetic integrity of the […]