-Caveat Lector- No doubt that they'll keep working on this from some angle or other. This is a VERY GOOD time to keep up the heat on the deadly Monsanto corpse. Their stock is worth only about HALF of what it was a year ago. They have PLENTY of other reasons for us to KEEP UP the pressure. FrankenFoods (tm) must be stamped out next ! And rBGH. And Aspartame, & Neotame, and more.... Monsanto sucks ! http://www.monsantosucks.com/ http://www.ethicalinvesting.com/monsanto/ http://www.ethicalinvesting.com/monsanto/news/ http://www.psrast.org/rachelrev.htm (attempted bribe of Canadian officials) http://www.cybernaute.com/earthconcert2000/GeneticEngine.htm http://www.cybernaute.com/earthconcert2000/StopNeotame.htm http://home.intekom.com/tm_info/index.html (GM food site; Natural Law Party; Ban-GEF, jpg of Franken-bannana) http://www.home.intekom.com/tm_info/ge_theme.htm (links to HUNDREDS of articles, cool jpg of Franken-tater Dave Hartley http://www.Asheville-Computer.com http://www.ioa.com/~davehart -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Charles J. Reid Sent: Thursday, October 07, 1999 5:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: (en) Monsanto gives up Terminator (temporarily at least) Any chance the company is just playing games, waiting for a more propitious time at a later date? Think they really want to give up investment time and patents? //CJR On Thu, 7 Oct 1999, Sergio Oceransky wrote: > ________________________________________________ > A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E > http://www.ainfos.ca/ > ________________________________________________ > > This article came out yesterday in the Deccan Herald, one of the main Indian > newspapers. The author seems to be somewhat confused about the use of the > term 'NGOs', since he labels KRRS and UK-based GEN as such, but the rest of > the article is quite ok. My favourite quotes are: > > "Monsanto`s decision on Tuesday pummelled its stock to a 52-week low of US$ > 33.625. In the last 12 months, the company`s stock lost 35 per cent of its > value just at a time when the Standard & Poor`s 500-stock index is up 30 per > cent during the same period." > > "A World Trade Organisation trade analyst said Monsanto seemed worried about > the escalating popular backlash against the GMOs (genetically modified > organisms) and genetically modified foods. ''The company must have seen the > writing on the wall, particularly with environmental NGO preparing for > violent protest demonstrations against GMOs during the Seattle ministerial > conference,`` the analyst said." > > Ride on ride on!! hasta la victoria!! > sergio > > NOVEMBER 30, INT'L DAY OF ACTION AGAINST THE WTO > Laugh in the Face of the Global Economy!! > http://go.to/n30 > N30 HUB Website http://flag.blackened.net/~global > N30 Seattle Walkout http://walkout.listbot.com > N30 Call by the IWW > http://www.geocities.com/capitolhill/lobby/8771/iwwwto.html > N30 Seattle Direct Action Network http://www.agitprop.org/artandrevolution/wto > People's Global Action http://www.agp.org > > ######################## > > http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/oct06/ntnfo.htm > > > DECCAN HERALD <Picture>Wednesday, October 6, 1999 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > NGOs bring pressure on company Monsanto > to stop production of sterile seeds > > >From D Ravi Kanth > Geneva, Oct 5 (DHNS) > > Monsanto, the US biotech giant now in the eye of a storm over its > genetically modified food research, suffered a setback with its decision to > stop plans to produce terminator (sterile) seeds, a decision that Karnataka > Rajya Ryota Sangha (KRRS) President Prof Nanjundaswamy would welcome. > > For sometime now, Prof Nanjundaswamy and other farmers` organisations have > been hammering against genetically-modified seeds, which the US > agri-corporations like Monsanto are selling to Indian farmers. Trade > analysts said Monsanto`s decision is prompted by rising backlash against the > genetically modified (GM) technology. > > ''Though we do not yet own any sterile seed technology, we think it is > important to respond to those concerns at this time by making clear our > commitment not to commercialise gene protection systems that render seed > sterile,`` said Robert Shapiro, Monsanto`s chairman. > > Monsanto`s decision on Tuesday pummelled its stock to a 52-week low of US > �33.625. In the last 12 months, the company`s stock lost 35 per cent of its > value just at a time when the Standard & Poor`s 500-stock index is up 30 per > cent during the same period. > > To overcome the weak patent protection laws in developing countries where > farmers grow the same seed for a second crop, Monsanto devised a research > programme to produce the terminator seed to protect its GM technology, a > Geneva-based investment analyst said. > > The seed would not be fertile after one crop and thereby, it would have > forced farmers to buy afresh from the company for the next crop. > > PRESSURE GROUPS: Monsanto is on the verge of commercialising this technolgy > but several western non-governmental organisations threatened the US biotech > giant with dire consequences. Recently, a London-based non-governmental > organisation`s volunteers destroyed a Monsanto-raised experimental GM crop. > > Friends of the Earth, a UK-based NGO, called for a five-year freeze on GM > crops and food to conduct more research into their impact on human health > and the environment. > > The biotech giant, however, has not foreclosed its options completely. > > Monsanto said it did not rule out the development of future technology in > this field. ''We are not currently investing resources to develop these > technologies, but we do not rule out their future development and use for > gene protection or their possible agronomic benefits,`` Mr Shapiro maintained. > > A World Trade Organisation trade analyst said Monsanto seemed worried about > the escalating popular backlash against the GMOs (genetically modified > organisms) and genetically modified foods. ''The company must have seen the > writing on the wall, particularly with environmental NGO preparing for > violent protest demonstrations against GMOs during the Seattle ministerial > conference,`` the analyst said. > > A spectre of food scare, arising out of safety and quality, is now haunting > Europe. With each passing day, leading European countries are besieged with > new issues, particularly those relating to genetically modified foods in > which the United States is an undisputed leader. In all likelihood, the new > millennuim`s trans-Atlantic trade wars will be fought over barriers to GMFs > or what the Germans would like to call ''Frankenstein foods``, the analyst said. > > The environment ministers of the European Union`s 15-member countries > recently zeroed in on a plan to impose a moratorium on the sale and planting > of products raised through genetically modified techniques. When this > measure comes into effect, it could well be a deathknell to GM food industry > that is increasingly dominating the US food market. > > In a dispute over beef raised with growth hormones which Washington and > Canada won against the EU, the WTO authorised the US go ahead with punitive > tariffs on the European products to the tune of US �116 million. > > In the G-8 industrialised countries meet in Cologne sometime ago, there were > near skirmishes between France and the United States over regulation of GM > foods. French President Jacques Chirac made a forceful demand for creation > of a global scientific authority to oversee issues pertaining to food safety. > > Interestingly, the move is premised on the ''precautionary principle, which > lets governments to take prompt action against products where there is > scientific uncertainity and a perceived risk of damage to the environemtn or > public health.`` US President Bill Clinton promptly turned down the demand > because the US interpreted the whole move as a clever protectionist trick to > force strict labelling laws on the American products, particularly hormone > treated beef. > > > Sergio Oceransky [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ******** > The A-Infos News Service > ******** > COMMANDS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > REPLIES: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > HELP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > WWW: http://www.ainfos.ca/ > INFO: http://www.ainfos.ca/org > ******** The A-Infos News Service ******** COMMANDS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] REPLIES: [EMAIL PROTECTED] HELP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.ainfos.ca INFO: http://www.ainfos.ca/org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. 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