Guest guest Posted July 16, 2004 Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 > WEEKLY_WATCH_number_81 > " GM_WATCH " <info > Thu, 15 Jul 2004 22:59:04 +0100 > --------------------------- > WEEKLY WATCH number 81 > --------------------------- > from Claire Robinson, WEEKLY WATCH editor --------------------------- > > In an attempt to head off public hostility to GM in > Europe, the industry has shifted its focus from food > to pharming. The European Union has handed over 12 > million in taxpayer Euros to research the production > of drugs in plants - and the UK's John Innes Centre > is among the first in line to trouser its share of > the cash. Of course, the European public won't > tolerate pharmacrops growing amongst its food crops, > so the dirty side of the business will be done in > Africa! (see PHARMING) > > Don't miss a brilliant ARTICLE OF THE WEEK at the > end of this bulletin by biologist David Schubert on > how the US now has the worst ever censorship of > scientists through Bush's espousal of > industry-dictated 'sound science'. > > Talking of which, the news has just broken that Sir > John Krebs is quitting as head of the UK's Food > Standards Agency and Tony Blair is quoted as saying, > " [Krebs] has been robust in ensuring that the Agency > bases its advice on sound science and in ensuring > that it promotes the interests of consumers " . > http://www.foodstandards.gov.uk/news/newsarchive/2004/jul/krebsdown > > Which is a classic piece of Blairite spin about a > scientist who put the CON into consumer protection. > GM WATCH gave Sir John a PANTS ON FIRE award, for > not just emasculating the Food Standards Agency but > turning it into a public platform for his extreme > support for GM and his antipathy to organic food. > http://www.gmwatch.org/p2temp2.asp?aid=6 & page=1 & op=1 > > Apart from Krebs quitting, some more good news this > week came from chemical giant BASF which is making > noises about moving its GM work out of Europe (see > GM MELTDOWN CONTINUES). The bad news for our friends > in America is that the firm may follow Syngenta > there. But on the plus side for the US, Monsanto's > GM cattle drug Posilac, which failed to win approval > in any major industrial country other than the > States, seems to have bit the dust (see US) after > just 10 years on the market. > > Claire claire > www.lobbywatch.org / www.gmwatch.org > > --------------------------- > CONTENTS > --------------------------- > PHARMING > LOBBYWATCH > GM MELTDOWN CONTINUES > EURO-NEWS > UK-NEWS > US-NEWS > OTHER GLOBAL NEWS > ARTICLE OF THE WEEK - BUSH'S 'SOUND SCIENCE': > TURNING A DEAF EAR TO REALITY > DONATIONS > > --------------------------- > PHARMING > --------------------------- > > + GM 'PHARMING' PROJECT FOR EUROPE > Scientists across Europe, including Britain, are to > explore the possibilities of producing > pharmaceuticals grown in genetically modified > plants. The European Union has awarded 12 million > euros (GBP8 million) to a network of experts in 11 > European countries and South Africa and they aim to > begin human trials of the drugs within the next five > years. > > The aim of the " pharming " project is advertised as > being to use plants to produce vaccines and > treatments against major diseases including Aids, > rabies, diabetes and TB. Which sounds very noble, > but GM WATCH has already discovered that one of the > two projects planned for the UK involves developing > cheap pig vacccines, presumably to assist industrial > agriculture. > > The consortium, called Pharma-Planta, will develop > the concept from plant modification through to > clinical trials. The scientists involved will be all > too familiar to GM WATCH readers: Phil Dale who > worked so hard to bring us GM food plants, Paul > Christou who was at the forefront of the attacks on > Ignacio Chapela over his maize contamination > research, and Julian Ma who has been at Peter > Lachmann's shoulder in his attacks on the BMA and > others. > > The John Innes Centre will also be involved in > " exploring biosafety issues " associated with pharma > plants. > http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4118 > > + FROM NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY EDITORIAL ON PHARMING: > The Pharma-Planta publicity makes it clear that they > are going to be making use of food crops like maize > in their erffort to grow cheap drugs, but as even > the normally vigorously pro-GM science journal > Nature Biotechnology has warned: > > " The problem is - as anti-GM lobbyists have argued > already - that the production of drugs or drug > intermediates in food or feed crop species bears the > potential danger that pharmaceutical substances > could find their way into the food chain... This > position is not anti-GM (something industry should > appreciate) - we should be concerned about the > presence of a potentially toxic substance in food > plants. After all, is this really so different from > a conventional pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical > manufacturer packaging its pills in candy wrappers > or flour bags or storing its compounds or production > batches untended outside the perimeter fence? " > http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4132 > > + US SOY DESTROYED AFTER PHARMA CONTAMINATION > In 2002, crops worth millions of dollars were > destroyed in the US after soya contaminated by GM > maize plants used to produce a pharmaceutical or > industrial chemical was discovered in a US grain > elevator. > http://www.gmwatch.org/profile1.asp?PrId=13 & page=A > > + SOUTH AFRICA TO BECOME PHARMA TESTING GROUND > Recently we've noted the weak biosafety system in > South Africa and how, starting back in the apartheid > era, South Africa's regulatory system has been > shaped by industry-backed lobbyists. > > A recent court case has also highlighted the > extraordinary secrecy surrounding GM crops releases > in South Africa, with officials accused of > repeatedly failing to release information to which > the public has a statutory right. > > 'Pharma-Planta' is an EU-funded project which is > entirely European except for one partner - the > Council for Scientific and Industrial Research > (CSIR) in Pretoria, South Africa. > > It is becoming clear that the Europeans plan to use > South Africa as the testing ground for their GM > pharma crops. > > Excerpts from an article from the Cape Times: > > " ... concerns about direct action by > environmentalists opposed to GM crops has led to the > scientists behind the project collaborating with a > South African research institute that has offered to > grow the first crop. " > > " Philip Dale, a plant technologist at the John Innes > Centre in Norwich and the project's biosafety > co-ordinator, said the cost of 24-hour surveillance > of GM fields in the UK has made it expensive to > conduct similar trials in Britain. " > http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4131 > > Check out GeneWatch UK's report on pharma crops: > http://www.genewatch.org/CropsAndFood/Reports/Producing_Drugs_in_GM_Crops.pdf > > A revealing profile of pharma godfather, Charles > Arntzen, is at > http://www.gmwatch.org/profile1.asp?PrId=13 & page=A > > --------------------------- > LOBBYWATCH > --------------------------- > > + SUBVERTING THE CARTAGENA PROTOCOL - WILLY DE GREEF > An article in Nature Biotechnology by one Willy De > Greef blames the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety > (which demands labeling of GM imports and gives > countries the right to refuse them on safety > grounds) for stalling " significant ... contributions > of biotech to public health improvement in the > developing world " like Golden Rice. He demands more > public sector input - a trend we've increasingly > noted as private investment for biotech dries up. > > Nature Biotech bills De Greef only as " at the Plant > Biotechnology Institute for Developing Countries > (IPBO), Department of Molecular Genetics, Ghent > University " . However " public sector " that may sound, > until the end of 2002 Willy De Greef was the Global > Head of Regulatory Affairs - Biotechnology for gene > giant Syngenta. > http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4130 > > + LOBBYIST E-MAIL TEARS INTO SENATORS > A lobbying strategy memo from the Competitive > Enterprise Institute that describes targeted > senators in disparaging terms was inadvertently sent > to news reporters by an industry-supported think > tank opposed to legislation to combat global > warming. > > The memo describes Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., as > " our leading internationalist (who) wants to send > even more manufacturing jobs in Indiana overseas so > that important diplomats at UN receptions will be > nice to him. " > > Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., " hates Bush " and " is > increasingly frail, " the memo said. Tim Johnson, > D-S.D., another targeted senator, probably will not > change his vote, the memo says, " but it's fun to see > him squirm back home. " Other senators are described > in similarly negative fashion. > > Myron Ebell, head of the climate section at the > Competitive Enterprise Institute, acknowledged that > he inadvertently sent " three or four reporters " a > memo outlining the lobbying strategy of opponents to > the bipartisan global-warming bill. > http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4113 > > GM WATCH comment: The Competitive Enterprise > Institute takes money from Monsanto. It has a > staffer (Greg Conko) as Vice President of Prakash's > AgBioWorld, which it claims as part of its wider > campaign against " Death by regulation " . > > The CEI has also received nearly $1.5 million in > donations from ExxonMobil, the world's largest oil > company, and lobbies accordingly. Among many other > statements denying the seriousness of global > warming, CEI has argued that climate change would > create a " milder, greener, more prosperous world " > (http://www.exxonsecrets.org). > For more on CEI: > http://www.lobbywatch.org/profile1.asp?PrId=30 > > ------- > GM MELTDOWN CONTINUES > ------- > > + BASF'S GM DIVISION MAY QUIT EUROPE > An article in the Financial Times says BASF, the > world's largest chemical company, may move its GM > crop research to the US unless Europe becomes more > receptive to new technologies. JŸrgen Hambrecht, > chief executive, said the German chemicals giant > could not afford to keep investing in research if > there was no market for its products. The > Anglo-Swiss agrochemicals company said it would > close its laboratories because of the poor business > outlook for the technology. > http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4116 > > + BIOTECH INVESTMENT BUSY GOING NOWHERE > In an article for ISIS, GM Watch editor Claire > Robinson takes a look at the biotech industry's > track record and prospects. This article can be > found on the I-SIS website at > http://www.i-sis.org.uk/BIBGN.php and also at > http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4134 > > --------------------------- > EURO-NEWS > --------------------------- > > + UNDERSTANDING PUBLIC RESENTMENT TOWARDS BIOTECH > It is too easy to blame the media, and its tendency > to dumb down and sensationalise scientific > discoveries, for public hostility towards biotech, > says a report by Italian researchers Massimiano > Bucchi and Federico Neresini ( " Why are people > hostile to biotechnologies? " , Science, Vol 304, > Issue 5678, 1749) > http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/304/5678/1749 > > The picture the research discloses in relation to > public concerns over GM crops gives the lie to GM > proponents who argue that such concerns are > prejudices due to ignorance and media (or NGO) > 'anti-science' misinformation. > > The researchers found that being better informed > about biotech is not a precursor to being more > accepting of it. Italians were also capable of > making a distinction between " the sciences " in > general and different biotech applications. They > conclude that the negative attitudes of Italians > towards biotech " are not part of a more general > public prejudice against science " . > > Elements of the Italian findings are confirmed in > other studies, including the EU's Eurobarometer > survey of public opinion on science. > > The authors note that scientific research appears to > have lost its air of impartiality, with 69% of > respondents concurring that it is " loaded with > interests " , and has developed a split personality > over certain issues. > http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4133 > > + WINE GROWERS DECLARE WAR ON GM GRAPES > French vintners are up in arms about a threat to > their centuries-old winegrowing traditions - GM > grapes. Earth and Wine of the World, an association > that includes nearly 400 French winegrowers, is > worried about a government research project to > tinker with grape genes. > > " It is of utmost importance that the future of our > profession is not determined solely under the > influence of scientists, industrialists and > technocrats, " the group said. > > The National Institute of Agricultural Research is > seeking ways to make grapes resistant to disease, > and it plans to replant a batch of GM vines after a > five-year pause. > > A small crop of GM grapes was planted in 1996 in > eastern France by the champagne manufacturer Moet et > Chandon in partnership with the agricultural > institute. But consumer pressure forced the company > to dig up the plants in 1999. > http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4110 > > + EUROPEANS SCOFF AT GM BEER > Spurned across the continent by food-fastidious > Europeans, the biotech industry has turned in its > quest for converts to GM beer. A consortium of the > world's largest biotech companies led by Monsanto > helped fund a Swedish brewer's new lager that's > produced with the usual hops and barley - and GM > corn. > > Kenth beer is hardly a barroom hit. The brewer won't > say how many bottles have been sold since the beer > was unveiled earlier this year in Denmark and > Sweden. But he says 4,000 bottles are on their way > to stores and pubs in Germany and he's in talks with > stores in the UK. > http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4110 > > + GM FOODS HEAD FINN FOOD WORRIES > A study conducted earlier this year by Finland's > National Consumer Research Center showed that of all > the concerns about manufactured food that Finns > have, GM foods topped the list. Some 60 percent of > the population expressed " strong concern " . > http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4110 > > --------------------------- > UK > --------------------------- > > + ARCHBISHOP ATTACKS TECHNO-UTOPIANISM > The leading UK Anglican cleric and Archbishop of > Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has given an interesting > lecture on the guiding myths that make environmental > remediation so difficult. The lecture contains a > clear attack on GM techno-utopianism. > > Full text of his speech is at > http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4075 > > Excerpts: > " [Mary Midgley's recent book on 'the myths we live > by'] offers some startling examples of the naked > presupposition that what 'really' exists is sets of > function-patterns which can be reshuffled at will to > produce results yet more malleable to manipulation - > including the designing and redesigning of humans as > well as of other organisms. > > " ...And the news for humanity is both joyful and > sobering: there is a possible human future - but it > will be costly for us. The question is whether we > have the energy and imagination to say no to the > non-future, the paralysing dream of endless > manipulation, that currently has us captive. " > http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4075 > > + NO RESPITE FOR SAINSBURY'S > Supermarket actions in Sherborne, Plymouth and > Swansea hammered the " no GM in the food chain " and > " fair price for farmers " messages home ahead of > Sainsbury's AGM in London, on Monday. > > In Swansea, Greenpeace activists dressed as > pantomime cows chained themselves to the dairy aisle > of a Welsh supermarket in their latest protest > against imports of GM crops, following their > blockade of a ship outside Bristol (those who were > arrested were in court in Barry, South Wales 12 > July). > http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4114 > > --------------------------- > US > --------------------------- > > + MONSANTO LIKELY PHASING OUT BOVINE GROWTH HORMONE > While Monsanto remains quiet about the fate of its > GM cow hormone, Posilac, signs are that more rats > are jumping off the ship. In late January 2004, > Monsanto announced a 50% reduction in sales of > Posilac to regular customers. > > According to the publication Milkweed, at a Posilac > sales force meeting in March, numerous sales persons > were terminated by Monsanto. > > In early May, Brian Robert Lowry, Monsanto's dairy > mouthpiece, departed dairy responsibilities at the > company. Lowry had issued a media statement on April > 28, claiming that the March 29, 2004 FDA warning > letter to Monsanto's Austrian-based Posilac supplier > was merely business as usual. That warning letter > blistered the Austrian manufacturer for bad > manufacturing practices and failed quality control > oversight. > > The latest " rat " to jump Monsanto's ship is the > " Milk is Milk " website maintained by the Hudson > Institute. " Milk is Milk " was hatched in recent > years to attack critics of milk from > Posilac-injected dairy cows. The Hudson Institute > uses Dennis Avery and his son Alex as a " hit squad " > attacking persons opposing food biotech. > > Monsanto has been both a member and a major > contributor to the Hudson Institute. Since Monsanto > is the only corporation selling recombinant bovine > growth hormone (Posilac), it's presumed Monsanto has > been the source of money for the " milk is milk " > website. No More. > http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4114 > > + FBI HARASSMENT CONTINUES - ARTIST FACES 20-YEAR > CHARGES > Dr Steven Kurtz, Associate Professor of Art at the > University of Buffalo, was arraigned and charged in > Federal District Court in Buffalo on 8 July on four > counts of mail and wire fraud, which each carry a > maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. > > Kurtz was arrested and harassed by the FBI after art > materials consisting of (perfectly legal) harmless > bacteria and a GM testing kit were found in his > home. > > The arraignment of Dr Robert Ferrell, Professor of > Genetics at the University of Pittsburgh, who was > indicted along with Kurtz, has been postponed for a > week for health reasons. Ferrell sent the bacteria > to Kurtz. > > The defendants were charged not with bioterrorism, > as listed on the Joint Terrorism Task Force's > original search warrant and subpoenas, but with a > glorified version of " petty larceny " . The laws under > which the indictments were obtained are normally > used against those defrauding others of money or > property, as in telemarketing schemes. Historically, > these laws have been used when the government could > not prove other criminal charges. (See > http://www.caedefensefund.org/ for background and > full text of indictment. > > Under the arraignment conditions, Kurtz is subject > to travel restrictions, random and scheduled visits > from a probation officer, and periodic drug tests. > > A number of people are wondering why this seemingly > absurd case is still being pursued. > > " I am absolutely astonished, " said Donald A. > Henderson, Dean Emeritus of the Johns Hopkins > University School of Hygiene and Public Health and > resident scholar at the Center for Biosecurity of > the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. > Henderson was awarded the Presidential Medal of > Freedom by President Bush for his work in heading up > the World Health Organization smallpox eradication > program and was appointed by the Bush administration > to chair the National Advisory Council on Public > Preparedness. > > " Based on what I have read and understand, Professor > Kurtz has been working with totally innocuous > organisms... to discuss something of the risks and > threats of biological weapons - more power to him, > as those of us in this field are likewise concerned > about their potential use and the threat of > bio-terrorism. " Henderson noted that the organisms > involved in this case - Serratia marcescens and > Bacillus atrophaeus - do not appear on lists of > substances that could be used in biological > terrorism > (http://newstandardnews.net/content/?action=show_item & itemid=646). > > University of California at San Diego Professor of > Design Engineering Natalie Jeremijenko noted that > scientists ship materials to each other all the > time. " I do it, my lab students do it. It's a basis > of academic collaboration.... They're going to have > to indict the entire scientific community. " > > Kurtz's activist art group had intended to use the > bacteria concerned in a project critiquing the > history of US involvement in germ warfare > experiments, including the Bush administration's > earmarking of hundreds of millions of dollars to > erect high-security laboratories around the country. > Many eminent scientists likewise view these plans as > a recipe for catastrophe. > > " I'm concerned about them from the standpoint of > science, safety, security, public health and > economics, " writes Dr Richard Ebright, lab director > at Rutgers University's Waksman Institute of > Microbiology and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute > investigator. " They lose on all counts. " > http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4115 > > ------- > OTHER GLOBAL NEWS > ------- > > + PROTEST AT GM CONTAMINATION OF MEXICAN MAIZE > Scientists from Mexico, Canada and the US met on > March 11 this year in the Hotel Victoria in Oaxaca > for a symposium on the effects and possible risks of > the presence of GM maize in Mexico. This seems to > have been a " two-tier " event, with the organizing > pro-GM scientists and technocrats pursuing one > agenda and groups representing indigenous people, > environmentalists and progressive intellectuals > arguing for an alternative vision. > > An excellent article on this topic is at > http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4112 > > Excerpt: > ..groups representing indigenous people, > environmentalists and progressive intellectuals ... > rejected ... the " intolerable corruption " of > officials who promote genetically modified organisms > like-it-or-not style. " We are not interested in > confirming whether or not they receive money from > the corporations, whether they behave out of > mercenary self-interest, ignorance or recklessness. > We are not the police. But nor do we need more > investigation to be able to affirm unreservedly that > they do not represent us and that they are incapable > of understanding our reality and aspirations, much > less defend them. > http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4112 > > + ARGENTINA: MONSANTO GETS OK TO SELL BIOTECH CORN > Monsanto has received approval to sell in Argentina > its NK603 corn genetically modified to survive > applications of the company's Roundup weedkiller. > Roundup Ready soybeans and cotton - as well as corn > and cotton varieties genetically modified to resist > insects - already were approved for planting in > Argentina. > http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4136 > > For more on how Monsanto has bullied Argentina into > such approvals and how Monsanto's Roundup Ready > crops are destroying Argentina's agriculture, > ecology, and economy: > http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4136 > > + INDONESIA: GM COTTON NOT PRODUCTIVE > Farmers in South Sulawesi had to destroy five > hectares of cotton plantations in September 2001 > after discovering that the GM cotton was not as > productive as scientists and businesspeople had > claimed. > > PT Monsanto, supplier of the transgenic cottonseeds, > had assured the farmers that each hectare would > produce about four tons of cotton per hectare at > every harvest. But farmers reported that they reaped > less than half a ton. " We were duped, " said a > farmer, Muhammad Amir. > > The company's claim that the seeds were highly > resistant to pests and diseases also fell short of > farmers' expectations. > http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4117 > > --------------------------- > ARTICLE OF THE WEEK > --------------------------- > > + BUSH'S 'SOUND SCIENCE': TURNING A DEAF EAR TO > REALITY > By David Schubert > San Diego Union-Tribune, 9-7-04 > > The foundation of our modern society and its > continued existence is dependent upon our scientific > understanding of the world around us. > > During the last three years, we have witnessed an > unprecedented assault by the executive branch of our > government upon the ability of US scientists to > freely share their data and insights about our world > with the public. Much of the justification for this > repression of scientific communication falls under > the Orwellian concept of " sound science, " which is > clearly understood by the scientific community to > mean the misrepresentation of scientific data to > reflect the administration's political and social > agendas. > > This political manipulation of US science began well > below the level of public awareness within days > after the current administration took office. Highly > respected scientists on dozens of advisory > committees were replaced with individuals who > promote the sound science defined by industry and > the religious right. > > The concept of sound science, not to be confused > with good science, was coined by Newt Gingrich and > the incoming 1994 Republican Congress as part of an > effort to bypass regulatory hurdles. Sound science > required endless analysis and an extreme burden of > proof of harm before anything could be regulated by > federal agencies such as the Environmental > Protection Agency. However, the legislation proposed > by this group was never made into law. > > Now that the Republicans are in total control of the > government, the promises of sound science are coming > to fruition. The egregious censorship and > interference with independent scientific inquiry by > the Bush administration were explicitly documented > on a case-by-case basis in a recent report published > by the Union of Concerned Scientists. The report was > endorsed by over 60 Nobel prize winners and leading > scientists. > > During the last few weeks, the administration has > added to this list an unprecedented series of > declarations that have the potential to even more > seriously affect public health and safety. > > First, they have demanded the power to approve all > US scientists who sit on World Health Organization > committees. The WHO is the public health arm of the > United Nations responsible for coordinating > responses to epidemics like SARS and eradicating > diseases such as smallpox. It also makes > recommendations on environmental and industrial > threats. The WHO's expert panels have historically > been made up of the very best scientists chosen on > the basis of expertise and merit, not political > ideology. > > Second, the U.S. Department of Health and Human > Services blocked the travel of over 150 US > scientists to the International AIDS Conference to > be held in Bangkok next week. Many believe that this > is because the organizer of the conference refused a > request by US officials to invite the Rev. Franklin > Graham, the evangelist Billy Graham's son, as the > keynote speaker to promote faith-based approaches to > the global AIDS epidemic. > > Third, in the name of sound science, the US > Department of Agriculture denied the Creekstone > Farms slaughterhouse in Kansas a request to test all > of its cattle for mad cow disease. The testing was > an effort by Creekstone to promote the sale of its > beef to Japan, where all cattle are routinely > tested. > > The most likely reason for the denial of this > increased safety precaution is that the government > fears additional cases of the disease will be found, > for only a tiny fraction of the 35 million cattle > slaughtered each year are examined. Indeed, another > case of the disease was recently identified, but the > USDA rapidly proclaimed the test to be a false > positive without giving any details. > > This incident brings me to the most frightening > administration policy of all, which is an attempt by > the White House Office of Management and Budget to > gain complete control over the release of all public > declarations from federal agencies responsible for > public safety, health and the environment. OMB's > Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs uses > the excuse of sound science to justify stripping > scientists of their traditional authority and adding > an additional layer of political review for such > life-threatening scenarios as epidemics, nuclear > accidents and cases of mad cow disease? > > Although this policy has been criticized by every > scientific organization in the country, the OMB has > already silenced EPA statements regarding public > health threats due to arsenic, lead and mercury in > our environment, rewritten the EPA science on global > warming and prevented the EPA from declaring a > public health emergency due to a case of asbestos > contamination in Montana. > > Just as the Bush administration manipulated the > intelligence on Iraq, it is now trying to change the > facts of nature to meet their political and > ideological goals. This distortion of reality is > going to have long-term consequences for our health, > safety and the environment. > > If you believe that Big Brother is taking care of > you, you can rest assured that he is doing it in the > name of sound science. > > Schubert is a professor and laboratory head of the > Cellular Neurobiology Laboratory at the Salk > Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla. > http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4135 > > ------- > DONATIONS > ------- > Our thanks to all of you who have donated to GM > WATCH. You can donate online in any one of five > currencies via PayPal, at > http://www.gmwatch.org/donate.asp OR by cheque or > postal order payable to 'NGIN', to be sent to: NGIN, > 26 Pottergate, Norwich, NR2 1DX, UK. We appreciate > your support. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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