Re: [CH] Terminator seeds
GarryMass@aol.com
Wed, 13 Oct 1999 09:24:33 EDT
<< In a message dated 10/99 10:44:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
raelsixty4@earthlink.net writes:
<< http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto/gurt/default.htm >>
Satan is the right name.
"The need for companies to protect and gain a return on their investments in
agricultural innovation is real. Without this return, we would no longer be
able to continue developing new products growers have said they want.
Monsanto holds patents on technological approaches to gene protection that do
not render seeds sterile and has studied one that would inactivate only the
specific gene(s) responsible for the value-added biotech trait." - Shapiro
of Monsanto
Added by me - So, even if the companies through cross-pollination, cause all
seeds to lose some genetic traits (heat in chiles, for ex.) or become sterile
altogether, it's OK because the companies have a right to protect their
genetic innovation? No mention of killing Monarch butterflies or of the
possibility of creeping "Terminator" from third world experiments.
Perhaps the United Nations finally has an issue besides armed conflict to
bring to our nightly news?
Gareth the ChileKnight