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Index of Subjects > >From sust-mar-owner@chebucto.ns.ca Sun Apr 18 12:19:38 1999 > Received: from hme0.mailrouter02.sprint.ca ([207.107.250.60]:57769 "EHLO hme0.mailrouter02.sprint.ca" ident: "NO-IDENT-SERVICE") by halifax.chebucto.ns.ca with ESMTP id <33329-645>; Sun, 18 Apr 1999 12:19:22 -0300 > Received: from fmoola (spc-isp-hfx-uas-06-32.sprint.ca [209.103.32.33]) > by hme0.mailrouter02.sprint.ca (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA25917 > for <sust-mar@chebucto.ns.ca>; Sun, 18 Apr 1999 11:19:22 -0400 (EDT) > Message-ID: <002d01be89ae$c20e8980$212067d1@fmoola> > From: "Faisal Moola" <fmoola@sprint.ca> > To: <sust-mar@chebucto.ns.ca> > Subject: Genetically Engineered Trees > Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 12:18:46 -0300 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > X-Priority: 3 > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 > Return-Path: <sust-mar-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> > X-Orcpt: rfc822;"|/csuite/etc/majordomo/wrapper resend -l sust-mar -h chebucto.ns.ca sust-mar-mml" > > > This is a recent article on emergency plans in Europe to limit the impacts > of accidental release of genetically modified organisms into the > environment. > > peace > > Faisal. > > INDEPENDENT (London ) April 4 > > > By Marie Woolf, Political Correspondent > > EUROPEAN governments are drawing up contingency plans for a nuclear > fallout-style emergency involving genetically modified organisms. > > A five-point Emergency Response Plan has been formulated by the European > Commission, designed to cope if genetically modified plants result in > widespread illness or the death of wildlife. > > The draft directive, set to be adopted by ministers across Europe, > includes plans to "decontaminate" affected areas and destroy plants and > animals exposed to GMOs. The plan is designed to prevent a human health > disaster and stop genetically modified plants breeding wildly with > native species > > The proposed five-point plans are similar to those used in the case of > accidental nuclear leaks and will be a requirement of any new > application to release genetically modified organisms once the law comes > into force. > > So a company wishing to plant GM seeds in Britain will have to present a > detailed strategy for coping with a disaster. This must include: > > 1. Methods and procedures for controlling the GMOs in case of unexpected > spread; > > 2. Methods for decontamination of the areas affected, e.g. eradication > of the GMOs; > > 3. Methods for disposal or sanitation of plants, animals, soils, etc. > that were exposed during or after the spread; > > 4. Methods for the isolation of the area affected by the spread; > > 5. Plans for protecting human health and the environment in case of the > occurrence of an undesirable effect. > > > "The case for the need for these crops has not been thought out, but > governments are already gearing up for emergency decontamination > operations," said Tony Juniper, campaigns and policy director of Friends > of the Earth. "This is redolent of a 1960s nuclear civil defence plan." > > The new directive will amend the current EU law on genetically modified > crops. The proposed changes, which have Government backing, will be > discussed by European environment ministers in June, but could take > years to implement. > > "Ministers are clearly fore-seeing major problems with GMOs, or they > wouldn't be considering these action plans," said Norman Baker, the > Liberal Democrat environment spokes-man. "With large farm-scale trials > in the UK only days away'', contingency plans were "a matter of urgency", > he said. > > > > Sender: sust-mar-owner@chebucto.ns.ca Precedence: bulk -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- You received this because you are subscribed to "sust-mar", the Sustainable Maritimes mailing list. To unsubscribe, send email to <majordomo@chebucto.ns.ca> with "unsubscribe sust-mar" (without quotes) as the body of your message. To post a message to sust-mar subscribers, send it to <sust-mar@chebucto.ns.ca> Posts that are off-topic or excessive length (10K) will be rejected. For help contact <sust-mar-owner@chebucto.ns.ca>
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