(primo post in lista dopo un paio di mesi di ascolto) Due notiziuole di agenzia su ogm.
Saluti giovanni BRAZIL TO SEND BACK OR DESTROY US GMO CORN SHIPMENT January 17, 2003 Dow Jones Sao Paulo - The Brazilian government was cited as apprehending a U.S. corn shipment this week after traces of genetically modified produce were found and have demanded it be return or for it to be incinerated, according to an Agriculture Ministry press statement. Health and safety officers at the southern port of Itajai discovered a small amount of GMO produce, which is illegal in Brazil, in a 7,400-metric-ton load. The corn was being imported by the National Starch Chemical Industrial which produces starch for both the food and paper industries, said press reports. FRENCH ACTORS DESTROY GM CROPS IN SUPPORT OF BOVE January 16, 2003 Reuters PARIS - A group of French actors, scientists and politicians were cited as destroying a field of genetically modified rapeseed on Thursday in support of anti-globalisation guru Jose Bove who was sentenced to a prison term in November for a similar action. The story says that activist group Droits devant said the 32 demonstrators, incuding French actors Lambert Wilson and Anemone as well as green Presidential candidate Noel Mamere, had replaced young GM rapeseed plants with a conventional variety in a field in Mairy-sur-Marne, northeast of Paris, with the group quoted as saying in a statement that, "This action was in support of Jose Bove and Rene Riesel (another member of farm union Confederation paysanne) who were both heavily sentenced for a similar action." Giovanni Bazzocchi Universita' di Bologna Dip. Scienze e Tecnologie Agroambientali DiSTA - Entomologia _______________________________________________ www.e-laser.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]
