hey Cyprus, buy our GMO products er else! *shakes fist*

[Guest guest]

CYPRUS BUCKLING UNDER U.S. PRESSURE

You may remember the recent Reuters article about how the US sent a note to the

Cypriot parliament warning against any move to pass a bill requiring the display

of GM food in shops on separate shelves. The note warned that such a move would

damage bilateral relations and urged parliamentarians to oppose the passage of

the

bill.

 

The note also issued the following warning: " Do you really want to take this

step which will only hurt US-Cypriot relations while doing nothing to protect

the

health and welfare of your citizens? " It then told the Speaker of the Cypriot

parliament to " do what you can to keep the bill from coming to the floor "

and that if he could not do this to " at least postpone further consideration

of this bill until after the summer recess " .

 

Not long afterwards the local press reported that, " A vote on the controversial

bill to separate genetically modified foods on supermarket shelves will likely

be

put off until after the summer break. " It also reported that the bill's sponsor

blamed " the potential delay on the intervention of the US Embassy " . He

pointed out that before the US circulated its note to parliament, all parties

were

ready to vote through the bill on GM products. " We had three meetings about

this before and all the parties had agreed, now after the US Embassy

intervention,

they're not sure any more. "

http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=5561

 

 

Teenager in a box

yeah, they'll put you underground and no one will care

cover you up with rocks

you were 18, now you're a statistic