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shutdown the WTO and tell them no GMOs
by sacramento Monday, Mar. 31, 2003 at 6:45 PM

there will be a huge biotech/WTO meeting in Sacramento in June. You are invited to help shut it down.

Calling on all those worried about genetically modified foods, free trade, democracy, farmers rights, world hunger, the environment, and a huge range of other issues to come out to Sacramento on June 23-25, 2003 for the ministerial meeting! http://biodev.org/sacramento/
The conference in Sacramento is more than just a prelude to the WTO meeting in Cancun, it is our chance to bring biotechnology into the national spotlight, and put corporations like Monsanto on the defensive.
This meeting will have government officials, members of the WTO and corporate fatcats all getting together behind closed doors discussing our environment, our food supply and how they will turn our world into their greedy vision.

If you cannot make it out to Sacramento to help shut down the conference then hold a local demonstration against companies that are selling unsuspecting customers genetically modified frankenfood.
The targets are:

Safeway and Shaw's supermarkets http://www.organicconsumers.org/supermarket/

Starbucks http://www.organicconsumers.org/starbucks/

Your local school http://www.organicconsumers.org/sos.htm


If you do not have the ability to come to Sacramento or hold a local protest, then tell Monsanto you don't want their GMOs in your diet.

http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto/layout/about_us/contactus.asp

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hm
by ok Monday, Mar. 31, 2003 at 6:58 PM

So what exactly is wrong with genetically modified food?

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GMO's
by not a botanist Monday, Mar. 31, 2003 at 7:35 PM

As far as I know the main problem with GMO's is that they mutate the native plant populations. Many of the plants we consume have wild cousins, and the pollen from the GMO's can be carried to the native plants, creating genetically modified weeds, and causing even further damage to existing ecosystems. A Monsanto rapeseed strain engineered to resist Round-up weed killer cross polinated with local weeds and crops, immortal weeds. These are eaten by livestock, which are milked and slaughtered. Living modified genes in your bloodstream. Studies have shown GM potatoes to cause structural changes to the intestines of rats, and DNA from GM crops can stay viable in stomach acid and can cause bacteria to mutate.

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whats wrng with gmos
by josh Friday, Apr. 04, 2003 at 8:27 PM

bad for farmers, the environment, consumers, your health..
good for corporations...

www.truefoodnow.org/gmo_facts/foodfight.html

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by ken Wednesday, Apr. 09, 2003 at 5:36 PM

eh, biotech is key to the advancement of our species considering we stunted it by curing diseases and making eyeglasses and such

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No, Ken...
by Kaczyniski was a moderate Wednesday, Apr. 09, 2003 at 9:25 PM

they call it SARS.

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