Studie "The GMO-emperor has no clothes" (engl.) - Nabu

Eastern Europe:
Poland: “…the proposed liberalised ‘Seeds Act’
was prevented from becoming law only when
Polish President Komorowski - under significant
public pressure - vetoed it at the last moment,
declaring that he had ‘nothing against GMO’
but found the proposed Act “rubbish”. Julian
Rose and Jadwiga Lopata, International Coalition to
Protect the Polish Countryside (ICPPC),
www.icppc.pl/eng.
Russia: “GMOs in Russia will lead to
economic slavery, seizure by transnationals
of national genetic resources market, the
annihilation of biodiversity, of national breeds
and types of plants.” Alexander Baranoff, scientist
Ukraine: “No GMO has been approved/
registered in Ukraine so far … However,
GMOs have entered the food chain supply
mainly through contaminated import
consignments.” Alex Sytnik, All-Ukrainian
Environmental League
C. AFRICA:
“Many are deeply suspicious of AGRA’s
ultimate aims…it is opening up huge new
markets for the agribusiness industry by
persuading millions of African farmers
to become dependent on their seeds and
chemicals.” African Biodiversity Network,
www.africanbiodiversity.org.
D. ASIA PACIFIC:
India: “Beginning with Bt. Cotton in 1998,
Monsanto has been violating laws, corrupting
governments, engaging in biopiracy, creating
seed monopolies, destroying biodiversity and
pushing small farmers into debt and suicide”
Vandana Shiva, Navdanya, www.navdanya.org.
Japan: “The first thing Monsanto did in Japan
was intervene and oppose the GM food
labelling regulation… and pressured the U.S.
government to urge the Japanese government
to minimize the obligatory labelling
category….” Amagasa Keisuke, GMO NO!
Campaign, www.worc.org/Japan-no-gm.
Australia: “Independent researchers have found
it almost impossible to get GM seed to carry
out safety checks… any farmer who buys seed is
forbidden to use it for research purposes.
Scientists who question the technology are
marginalised.” GeneEthics Network/Madge,
www.geneethics.org.
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