[153] in peace2
Boston GM Moratorium
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (F. AuYeung)
Sun Mar 26 20:49:55 2000
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Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 20:49:42 EST
From: "F. AuYeung" <auyeung@MIT.EDU>
The teach-in this morning of international and domestic activism, the
march of 300 people from 26-100 to Copley Square, the speakers and
street theater in the afternoon, the march from Copley to Hanes Convention,
and the face off from the streets to the delegates inside was an awesome,
high-energy experience. The fight continues, not only for GM foods to
prove beyond a doubt that they are safe for people, environment, and the
whole system before going to market, but also for the even bigger goal of
reclaiming our access to decision making--- to have a voice as people and
to have options to choose, food or otherwise. Rock on!
Big big thanks to Julia, Anton, and others who helped and made BioDev
possible on the MIT campus!! They are great examples of what each of us
can do to participate and get stuff done!
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Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 08:21:47 -0500
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From: "Maynard S. Clark" <vrc@tiac.net>
Subject: Boston urges GM food moratorium
Boston urges GM food moratorium
CITY OF BOSTON
IN CITY COUNCIL
MARCH 1
RESOLUTION OF COUNCILLOR MAURA HENNIGAN
(PASSED UNANAMIOUSLY)
WHEREAS: Genetically engineered foods have never been proven safe, nor are
genetically engineered foods tested by any federal agency as the Food and
Drug Administration requires only that the companies engineering these
foods state, on the "honor system" that the foods are safe with no further
testing required; and
WHEREAS: Cornell University researcher, John Losey, and other researchers
indicated in repeated tests that the larvae from Monarch Butterflies were
dying at an alarming rate from toxic pollen generated from the genetically
engineered corn near their feeding sites; and
WHEREAS: A class action lawsuit has been brought against the Food and Drug
Administration by some of the nation's most prominent anti-trust lawyers
for rushing these novel, unpredictable and untested food technology
products to the market; and
WHEREAS: Numerous bioengineers and related distinguished scientists have
gone on record stating this technology clearly is different from
traditional breeding methods and is highly probable to exhibit a host of
undesirable health and environmental risk factors as well as great
potential for negative cascade effects in the genetic cross-pollination of
beneficial plants, insects and other fragile ecosystems directly linked to
the breeding of this novel experimental food production technology; Now,
Therefore Be It
RESOLVED: That the Boston City Council, in meeting assembled, urges the
Federal Government to require labeling of genetically manipulated foods
and further urges a moratorium on the production of any more of these
foods until acceptable testing systems are in place; and Be It Further
RESOLVED: That March 26, 2000 be declared YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT DAY
in the City Of Boston
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