Help save plant species integrity

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I just signed a petition urging the American USDA to protect

our nation's seed supply from Genetic modifications.

 

You can help: http://www.care2.com/go/z/11890/1079

 

Consumers who want alternatives to genetically engineered (GE) food

have sought products grown from traditional, non-GE seeds.Â

Consumers take the availability of such seeds, and the ability of

farmers to grow them, for granted.

The findings of a new report by the Union of Concerned Scientists

shatter this assumption. Laboratory testing of traditional

varieties of corn, soybean, and canola seeds revealed widespread

contamination by DNA from commercial GE crops.

These findings suggest that current federal regulations are

inadequate to protect our seed supply from the next generation of GE

crops †" those engineered to produce drugs and industrial

chemicals. Contamination of the traditional seed supply by these

crops could result in farmers unwittingly planting, harvesting, and

selling a crop that looks like its traditional counterpart to the

naked eye. This product could then be processed and end up on our

tables as drug-laced corn flakes and other consumer items.

 

Urge the U.S. Department of Agriculture to amend federal regulations

to explicitly protect the seed supply from contamination by

engineered pharmaceutical and industrial crops.

 

To Add Your Signature: http://www.care2.com/go/z/11890/1079

 

Thank you!