[Health&Healing] Professor Canned For Releasing Paper on GM Corn Contamination

[Guest guest]

Hi group...

 

I know this is off topic, but since we all share a passion for

wholesome, organic food, I thought it might be of interest...

 

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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

 

[Guest guest]

wow, that must be hard to deal with, I mean getting caned for realsing a

document

 

That would really screw me up, attitudewise

 

On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 03:54:41AM -0000, Misty L. Trepke wrote:

>

>

>

> Hi group...

>

> I know this is off topic, but since we all share a passion for

> wholesome, organic food, I thought it might be of interest...

>

> -----------

>

> 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

>