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Data: Qua Out 13, 1999 3:30
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Assunto: [gen-ocidio] Greenpeace alerta para a exportação ilegal de transgênicos
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De:
"Marijane Lisboa" <mlisboa@dialb.greenpeace.org>
Data: Sex Set 17, 1999 12:53
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Assunto: Greenpeace alerta para a exportação ilegal de transgênicos
Para: David Hathaway<hathaway@netflash.com.br>
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US illegally dumps GE maize on
Russia
Greenpeace calls for tough GMO rules to stop
illegal exports
Moscow/Vienna, September 16, 1999 --- The US is exporting
genetically
engineered maize to Russia in violation of Russian legislation
revealed
Greenpeace today in Vienna. Laboratory tests conducted for
Greenpeace
confirm that an US maize shipment to Russia in early August
contained
unauthorised Novartis GE maize.
”The US blatantly ignored Russian import laws and Novartis did not
even bother to apply for an import permit for its GE maize even
though it
did that before importing it into the EU,” said Ivan Blokov,
Greenpeace
Russia campaign director. ”This goes to show once again that only
tough
international rules on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) can
stop the
rogue traders of biotech. Illegal traffic of GMOs must be treated as a
criminal offence.”
The cargo carrier Blue Zenith arrived at St. Petersburg harbour on
August 16 carrying 42,000 tonnes of US GE maize. Since the 1998
harvest of
US GE and conventional crops were not segregated, all US
shipments are
still likely to contain GE grain. Some of the GE maize grown in US
has not
been approved for import in Europe.
The samples obtained by Greenpeace and analysed by the Federal
Environment Agency of Austria show that the cargo contained
Novartis Event
176 GE-maize which has been engineered to produce so called Bt-
toxins. It
also contains a resistance gene to antibiotic ampicillin and has
been
banned for import in Austria, Luxembourg and Norway.
The Russian government issued in July legislation which requires
permits based on ecological assessment before genetically
engineered crops
can be imported into the country. In an interview with Greenpeace
on
Wednesday the Russian Ministry of Health confirmed that Novartis
did not
apply for an import licence for its GE maize. The authorities have
not
indicated what action they intend to take to stop the further
shipments.
About 139,000 tonnes of maize have left the US since and are
expected to
arrive to Russia soon.
”Grain exporting countries like Canada, Argentina, Australia and
the US
have so far obstructed all progress in the Biosafety process,” said
Louise
Gale, Greenpeace political advisor at the Vienna negotiations. ”This
is a
classic example of how these countries want to dump their risky
crops on
unsuspecting countries and take no responsibility for the
consequences.”
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