Yang dikuatirkan ialah konsekuensi pengaruh GM Food terhadap kesehatan manusia dan apa yang dikatakan bio-diversity dalam jangka waktu panjang.
Baiklah dipelajari masalah "trans genic" jagung yang heboh dibicarakan di Mexico. ----- Original Message ----- From: "rahardjo mustadjab" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 4:28 AM Subject: Serius !!! Re: [ppiindia] Thai biotech battle targets papaya > > --- Ambon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/FK16Ae01.html >> Nov. 16, 2004 >> >> Thai biotech battle targets papaya >> By Sonny Inbaraj >> >> BANGKOK - Thailand's most popular fruit, the papaya, >> is the subject of a heated debate here on >> genetically modified (GM) crops - an issue that will >> be taken up at a global environment conference in >> Bangkok this week. > > Belum pernah terbukti dari lab bahwa bahan makanan GM > membahayakan kesehatan. Tapi Uni Eropa bersikukuh > melarang bahan makanan GM masuk kesana. Jangan-jangan > ini ulah untuk melindungi produksi pertanian dalam > negeri. Karena tax barrier to trade jelas dilarang > oleh GATT/WTO, maka Eropa mencari celah-celah > non-tariff barrier (alasan kesehatan, misalnya). Saya > sarankan, negara berkembang yang bernasib sama dengan > Thailand, untuk menyusun barisan bersama Amerika untuk > menggugat Uni Eropa di forum WTO. Lihat tulisan saya > di Far Eastern Economic Review berikut ini. > > > GM FOOD > In Thailand's GMO Growing Pains [Oct. 28], you > mentioned Germany's ban on Thai-produced tinned fruits > that contain papaya, a reaction sparked by the recent > discovery of genetically modified papaya growing > outside test areas. This smacks of a non-tariff > barrier to trade. For, in fact, since the United > States' Food and Drug Administration cleared a GM > tomato in 1992, no lab has found genetically modified > organisms to be hazardous to health. The best way to > win over GMO resistance is for a country like Thailand > to join the U.S. and make GMO an issue at the World > Trade Organization. > > RAHARDJO MUSTADJAB > > Mumbai > > Salam, > RM > > > > > > *************************************************************************** > Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. Menuju Indonesia > yg Lebih Baik, in Commonality & Shared Destiny. www.ppi-india.uni.cc > *************************************************************************** > __________________________________________________________________________ > Mohon Perhatian: > > 1. Harap tdk. memposting/reply yg menyinggung SARA (kecuali sbg otokritik) > 2. Pesan yg akan direply harap dihapus, kecuali yg akan dikomentari. > 3. Lihat arsip sebelumnya, www.ppi-india.da.ru; > 4. Posting: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 5. Satu email perhari: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 6. No-email/web only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 7. kembali menerima email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/BRUplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> *************************************************************************** Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. Menuju Indonesia yg Lebih Baik, in Commonality & Shared Destiny. www.ppi-india.uni.cc *************************************************************************** __________________________________________________________________________ Mohon Perhatian: 1. Harap tdk. memposting/reply yg menyinggung SARA (kecuali sbg otokritik) 2. Pesan yg akan direply harap dihapus, kecuali yg akan dikomentari. 3. Lihat arsip sebelumnya, www.ppi-india.da.ru; 4. Posting: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5. Satu email perhari: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6. No-email/web only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7. kembali menerima email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
