Action Alert: Terminate the Terminator Gene
Organic Consumers Association Contributed by Douglas Narveson
Consumer,
farmer, and environmental organizations across the globe are mobilizing
to stop the legalization and commercialization of the controversial
Terminator Gene Technology, whereby seeds are genetically engineered to
become sterile or commit suicide after one growing season.
The Monsanto corporation and the biotech industry support the
Terminator Technology, because it will force many of the 1.4 billion
farmers around the world to stop saving their seeds and instead to
purchase patented seed varieties from the Gene Giants.
In
addition, scientists are concerned that genetic pollution from
Terminator crops will lead to killing off a wide range of crops and
plants, as Terminator pollen and seeds are spread by the wind, insect
pollinators, and commercial seed co-mingling and transportation.
After a massive international campaign in 1998, Monsanto Corporation
announced they were shelving plans to commercialize the Terminator,
while the United Nations (UN) called for a global ban. But on 2/11/2005
renewed efforts to overturn the worldwide ban were launched at a UN
conference in Bangkok.
Learn more and sign OCA's petition to the UN to terminate the Terminator Gene.
Secratariat of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity
413 St-Jacques Street, 8th floor, Office 800
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H2Y 1N9
Tel: +1-514-288-2220 Fax: +1-514-288-6588
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