http://www.gmwatch.org/index.php/news/archive/2014/15811-us-human-trials-of-gm-banana-for-africa-widely-condemned
US human trials of GM banana for Africa widely condemned
on 12 December 2014.
Open letter supported by more than 120 organizations from around the world
The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) has sent the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation a letter protesting about the human trials on a GM beta-carotene-enriched banana that has never, as far as we know, been through basic toxicity testing in animals. This is in spite of the fact that GM plants can produce unexpected new toxins or allergens.
The GM banana isn't even needed, as non-GM beta-carotene-enriched bananas have existed and been consumed for centuries.
The developers of the GM banana have been accused of pirating the genes from these naturally nutritious bananas to engineer their own variety.
The new open letter with signatories can be viewed here:
http://afsafrica.org/afsa-open-letter-opposing-human-feeding-trials-involving-gm-banana/
Individuals
Dr. Vandana Shiva (India)
http://www.gmwatch.org/index.php/news/archive/2014/15766-world-scientists-and-academics-demand-halt-to-gmo-field-trials-in-thailand
World scientists and academics demand halt to GMO field trials in Thailand
on 17 November 2014.
Accountability needed in case of contamination
A group of scientists and academics has written to the Prime Minister of Thailand to ask him not to go ahead with GMO field trials.
EXCERPT: Existing academic literature suggests that while it is unproven that genetically modified seeds are higher yielding, there are causes to be extremely concerned by genetically modified crops' negative ecological, social, health, and economic impact.
An open letter to the Prime Minister of Thailand from concerned scientists and academics around the world regarding the open-field testing and commercialisation of genetically modified crops in Thailand.
9 November 2014
http://www.biothai.net/node/24597
(website in Thai)
Yours sincerely,
1) Dr. Vandana Shiva : physicist, ecologist, winner of the Right Livelihood Award in 1993, founder of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology and Navdanya
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