----- forwarded message ----- [from the New Jersey Sierra Club list serve] Animals' Sexual Changes Linked To Waste, Chemicals - Pervasive environmental pollutants are triggering unnatural sexual changes in animals around the world, according to scientists. The scientists say the gender-bending effects of certain chemical compounds and human sewage pose a serious threat to polar bears, alligators, and other wildlife. :: National Geographic - http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/03/0301_040301_genderbender.html
87 Countries Agree To New International Protections - Eighty-seven countries reached an historic agreement here today that takes concrete steps towards establishing new, internationally recognized rights to protect public health, sustainable agricultural production and the environment from genetic contamination caused by international trade in genetically engineered (GE) organisms. :: Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy - http://www.ems.org/rls/2004/02/27/87_countries_agr.html
