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http://www.foodfirst.org/progs/global/ge/jointstatement2002.html

From: Anuradha Mittal [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Martes, 26 de Febrero de 2002 19:33
Subject: Joint Statement on the Mexican GM Maize Scandal

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Joint Statement on the Mexican GM Maize Scandal
February 26, 2002

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Last September, the journal Nature Biotechnology published news
that genetically modified maize was turning up in Mesoamerican
farmer's maize varieties. The report of genetic contamination
was confirmed in November by a peer-reviewed article in Nature
which since then has come under attack by the industry. In light
of the fact that maize is one of the world's most important food
crops, more than 144 farmer and other Civil Society Organizations,
including Food First, are demanding that the UN Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) and the Consultative Group on International
Agricultural Research (CGIAR) work together with the Convention
on Biological Diversity to halt the contamination of unmodified
maize varieties.

According to the signatories to the Joint Statement, the academic
and industry attacks on the findings of the Mexican Government
and U.S. university researchers has been orchestrated to keep
the scandal from embarrassing the biotech industry as it tries
to lift the European, Brazilian, and Mexican moratoria on genetically
modified seeds or foods.

This joint statement can be found at:
http://www.foodfirst.org/progs/global/ge/jointstatement2002.html

For more information on Genetic Engineering in Agriculture:
http://www.foodfirst.org/progs/global/ge