You have received the “chemical” half of the story. (Pesticides: Biggest battle in Canada is in Saskatoon – 36% of industry sales, etc.) This is the disease side, circulated prior, repeated for newcomers. ==================== – Furdale is a very small hamlet south of Saskatoon. 3 teenage friends from Furdale have died from cancer and a […]
“Our Greatest Fear” has been incorrectly attributed to Nelson Mandela in his inaugural speech of 1994. Alice Walker said it this way: The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. Our Greatest Fear Marianne Williamson from her book A Return to Love Our greatest fear […]
Thanks to Elaine: http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/27378/story.htm BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Monsanto Co. (MON.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , a company that has pioneered the development of bioengineered crops, is pushing hard to recover millions of dollars in lost revenue in three South American countries where farmers have sown its wonder seeds without paying royalties. But, despite a […]
Thanks to Elaine: This is LONDON http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/articles/13323695?source=Evening%20Standard 22/09/04 – News and city section Fresh fears over GM crops By Mark Prigg , Evening Standard Science Correspondent Dramatic new claims about the dangers of GM crops emerged today. Scientists have found that pollen from genetically modified plants is capable of contaminating crops more than 12 miles […]
Hi folks, Here is something we really do not want to see. Cathy – – – – – – – Notice of Submission for Approval of Novel Food, Livestock Feed and Environmental Safety for Alfalfa Genetically Modified For Herbicide Tolerance from Monsanto Canada Inc. Date Posted: September 7, 2004 “http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg/bio/subs/subnote.shtml” “http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg/bio/subs/subliste.shtml” Background The CFIA and […]
From the article below “Monsanto said the corn had been given full approval by authorities in the U.S., Canada and Japan..”. I did not know that Canada had given approval to GM corn? /Sandra ================================ Thanks to Elaine: http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1201452.htm NEWS ANALYSIS GM corn safety study overlooked, critics Anna Salleh ABC Science Online […]
An earlier email re aspartame included explanation of Monsanto’s connection. Update. From Al: Greetings; Here is more evidence (see below) that the institutions that are supposed to be protecting the public health are failing. In this case it is aspartame in the U.S. but we have similar problems in Canada. The Canadian […]
” .. A large, vital and expanding part of what is called the public sector is for all practical effect in the private sector. . . . ” “Needed is independent, honest, professionally competent regulation – again, a difficult thing to achieve in a world of corporate dominance. This last must be recognized and countered. There […]
For those who question the sincerity of Kennedy, biographical information is at bottom. This article by Kennedy probably has wide circulation. It is in the Alameda Times-Star, for example. ======================================== Thanks to Elaine: The Forest For the Trees By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Posted on August 5, 2004, Printed on August 6, 2004 http://www.alternet.org/story/19461/ There […]
Turning Genetically Engineered Trees Into Toxic Avengers By HILLARY ROSNER Last summer, on the site of 35 former hat factories where toxic mercury was once used to cure pelts, city officials in Danbury, Conn., deployed a futuristic weapon: 160 Eastern cottonwoods. Dr. Richard Meagher, a professor of genetics at the University of Georgia, genetically […]