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Jen
-----Original Message-----
From: Cheryl Kemp [SMTP:bio@midcoast.com.au]
Sent: Monday, 10 January 2000 10:23
To: Welink; Betty Khoo; Sam Statham; Ian Reed; Helen Carrell
Subject: Fw: Public consultation on GE laws by 10/3/2000
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Phelps <geneethics@acfonline.org.au>
To: Bob Phelps <geneethics@acfonline.org.au>
Date: Sunday, 9 January 2000 9:06 pm
Subject: Public consultation on GE laws by 10/3/2000
Regulation of GE in Australia
The Interim Office of the Gene Technology Regulator has issued
a draft Bill and explanatory notes, available on request.
The OGTR is scheduled to be established by 3/1/2001.
Comments on the Bill are invited by 12/3/2000
> >
Meantime, we say there should be a freeze on GMO releases
and any more GE foods. There are currently 15 proposals for
large scale field trials of GE crops, including 2 of 1,000
hectares each and one on 1,200 hectares. In addition, Monsanto
wants to commercialise Roundup Ready, herbicide tolerant cotton.
(Call GMAC on (02) 6270 4316 for release details).
Face to face talks on the Bill will be held around
Australia soon and you should ask to be invited when they
are held.
For the IOGTR documents and invites ring: 02 6270 4313
or email "IOGTR" <iogtr@health.gov.au>
** We also have a diagram of the ideal system, with
explanatory notes, available by fax or post, to assist
you in formulating a response. Email or phone for a copy **
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URGENT
HAVE YOUR SAY IN TIME MAG
Hello everyone - here is a chance to vote against GE food in Time Magazine's website poll...
The majority of votes (7/1) are for "very concerned" and just a few less for "NOT CONCERNED AT ALL" - the numbers are VERY CLOSE!
Don't forget - this is TIME MAGAZINE - THEY ARE GOING TO REPORT THIS TO ALL
THE PEOPLE IN AMERICA THAT STILL DON'T HAVE AN OPINION ON (ie: know nothing about) GE FOOD - MOST of them, in other words.
http://www.pathfinder.com/time/daily/poll/0,2637,foodpoll,00.html
PLEASE CHECK IN AND VOTE 'VERY CONCERNED'
AND PASS THIS SITE ALONG
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PLEASE NOTE THAT OUR NEW EMAIL ADDRESS IS: geneethics@acfonline.org.au
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NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is
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Bob Phelps
Director
Australian GeneEthics Network
PO Box 2424, Fitzroy MC 3065 Australia
Tel: (03) 9416.2222 Fax: (03) 9416.0767 {Int Code (613)}
email: geneethics@acfonline.org.au (Bob Phelps)
WWW: http://www.zero.com.au/agen
"If it is left to me I would certainly not eat it (GE foods). We are
putting new things into food which would not have been eaten before.
The effects on the immune system are not easily predictable and I
challenge anyone who will say that the effects are predictable."
Professor Arpad Pusztai
(fired for speaking out)
"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a
revolutionary act."
George Orwell
"Non-cooperation with injustice is a sacred duty."
Mahatma Gandhi
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil, is that good people (men)
do nothing."
Edmund Burke
"When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint.
When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist."
Dom Helder Camera
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
Margaret Mead
When spiders unite, they can tie down a lion.
Ethiopian proverb
"Knowing is not enough, you must also act"
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