----- forwarded message ----- Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1904 12:22:31 +0100 From: secr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: GM crop destruction to continue throughout month, says Bove ----- forwarded message ----- Subject: GM crop destruction to continue throughout month, says Bove Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 00:09:33 -0500 From: "Mark Ritchie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WTO Activist ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Posted: 09/05/2001 By [EMAIL PROTECTED] ============================================================ Copyright 2001 Agence France Presse Agence France Presse September 2, 2001 Sunday SECTION: International News LENGTH: 203 words HEADLINE: GM crop destruction to continue throughout month, says Bove DATELINE: PARIS, Sept 2 BODY: Peasants Confederation leader Jose Bove warned Sunday that his group's destruction of genetically-modified (GM) crops would continue until the end of the month, despite the use of police to deter demonstrators. Bove told the French newspaper Journal du Dimanche: "Whatever the methods of government and what might displease (French premier) Lionel Jospin and the minister of agriculture, we will continue the destruction of fields sown with GM crops until the end of September." Agriculture Minister Jean Glavany had successfully deployed police Saturday in Gironde and Vienne to protect GM crops. Bove, who is in Cuba for a conference on the sovereignty of food production, said he had warned the government in July of his intentions and defended the destruction as a "citizen's act". Jospin, who has described the acts as "illegal", said that the perpetrators might have to answer for their actions before a court. A confederation spokesman said that demonstrators would target a GM maize field in Charente-Maritime Sunday. Recent opinion polls have shown that the French are opposed to GM crop testing over fears that open-air trials could lead to mutant plants cross-fertilising non-GM crops. ======* ====== * ====== * ====== * ====== * ====== [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a non-commercial, no-fee information source. Information is provided by and at the sole discretion of Richard Ellinghuysen. No warrantee is made or implied regarding the accuracy or completeness of any information forwarded. For verification and authentication of any data received, please refer to the origin of the material as noted in the material itself. If you prefer not to receive this information, please send an email and ask to be removed from this list. Best wishes!
