Guest guest Posted December 20, 2004 Report Share Posted December 20, 2004 Science has risen almost to the level of a sacred secular religion- if it is scientific it must be true... Partly due to the extensive process required for scientific inquiry... But what if facts are intentionally left out, if studies are suppressed? Obviously, for science to work at its best, it must be impartial... But today, regarding one of the most important scientific discussions possible, the facts are being intentionally squelched.. Considering how this impacts the genetic purity of our food for time to come, please consider supporting this professor in his attempt to study and publish what should have been THOROUGHLY studied and published BEFORE we started tinkering with GM foods. Can we afford to let self-interested parties control the scientific process? Other comments? Misty L. Trepke http://www..com ACTION ALERT: PROFESSOR CANNED FOR RELEASING PAPER ON CORN CONTAMINATION A well-respected and popular professor at the University of California in Berkeley has been fired after publishing a scientific paper regarding the uncontrolled contamination of irreplaceable native Mexican corn varieties by genetically engineered corn. Dr. Ignacio Chapela, whose corn contamination article was published in the science journal " Nature, " was denied his tenure due to pressure from the biotech company Monsanto on the University (the UC Berkeley tenure review panel had actually voted almost unanimously to approve his tenure). Professor Chapela has been told to have his office cleaned out by December 31. Sign a petition to demand a review of Dr. Chapela's tenure denial. Sign here... http://www.organicconsumers.org/uc.htm#petition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2004 Report Share Posted December 20, 2004 Hello, isn't it possible to act against the company because of blackmail against the university? Randolf , " Misty L. Trepke " <mistytrepke> wrote: > > > Science has risen almost to the level of a sacred secular religion- > if it is scientific it must be true... Partly due to the extensive > process required for scientific inquiry... But what if facts are > intentionally left out, if studies are suppressed? Obviously, for > science to work at its best, it must be impartial... > > But today, regarding one of the most important scientific > discussions possible, the facts are being intentionally squelched.. > Considering how this impacts the genetic purity of our food for time > to come, please consider supporting this professor in his attempt to > study and publish what should have been THOROUGHLY studied and > published BEFORE we started tinkering with GM foods. > > Can we afford to let self-interested parties control the scientific > process? > > Other comments? > Misty L. Trepke > http://www..com > > ACTION ALERT: PROFESSOR CANNED FOR RELEASING PAPER ON CORN > CONTAMINATION > > A well-respected and popular professor at the University of > California in Berkeley has been fired after publishing a scientific > paper regarding the uncontrolled contamination of irreplaceable > native Mexican corn varieties by genetically engineered corn. Dr. > Ignacio Chapela, whose corn contamination article was published in > the science journal " Nature, " was denied his tenure due to pressure > from the biotech company Monsanto on the University (the UC Berkeley > tenure review panel had actually voted almost unanimously to approve > his tenure). Professor Chapela has been told to have his office > cleaned out by December 31. Sign a petition to demand a review of > Dr. Chapela's tenure denial. Sign here... > > http://www.organicconsumers.org/uc.htm#petition > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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