Subject: All life on Earth could be destroyed by genetically modified bacteria---
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 14:31:30 -0500
From: Stephen Tvedten <steve@getipm.com>
Organization: Get Set Inc. (www.getipm.com)
To: Paul Helliker <phelliker@cdpr.ca.gov>
Director, State
of California, Department of Pesticide Regulation
cc: Christine Whitman whitman.christine@epa.gov
Dear Mr. Helliker, I thought you might like to read what an unbiased (non-industry) scientist thinks about your
"registered" frankenfoods.
All life on Earth could be destroyed by genetically
modified bacteria, a scientist has told the Royal Commission on Genetic
Modification. Four scientists gave evidence for the Green Party at the hearing
this week via video link from the United States.
Soil ecologist Elaine Ingham spoke about a plant-killing
GM bacteria that her Oregon State University research team prevented from
being released into the environment. Dr Ingham said the alcohol-producing
bacteria had been approved for field trials when her team discovered its
lethal effects.
(Who do you have to pay, to "approve" this untested crap?)
She believed the widespread plant deaths caused by the
bacteria would in turn affect all life on Earth. The GM klebsiella planticola
produced alcohol from post-harvest crop residue. The leftover organic sludge,
containing the bacteria, would be returned to fields as fertiliser.
Dr Ingham said she had independently tested the bacteria
on plants, which the regulatory authority had failed to do.
"After seven days, all wheat plants turned into
slime."
(Compare this to another 7 days in Genisis 2:2!)
This example showed the need for better risk assessment
of ecological impact.
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said the
risks of GM organisms to the environment were currently unknown. Outdoor field
trials of GM crops should never be allowed under these circumstances
Well Mr. Helliker, when man thinks he can "help" G-d - we all lose! Dr. Ingham and other scientists made a lot
of interesting points, if you are interested in real sound science, you can check them out at:
http://www.gmcommission.govt.nz/publications/PDF_submission.html
If people fail in life, it's because they major in minor things. More than 68,493 people will be poisoned by your "registered" pesticide poisons today. Are you
trying to reduce or increase that number?
Respectfully, Stephen L. Tvedten
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