GENETICALLY MODIFIED CANOLA BECOMING A WEED
The GM canola has, in fact, spread much more rapidly than we thought it would," said Martin Entz, a plant scientist at the University of Manitoba. "It's absolutely impossible to control.
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Subject: GENETICALLY MODIFIED CANOLA BECOMING A WEED.........
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 16:50:28 -0400
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, The following is a news item posted on CBC NEWS ONLINE at http://cbc.ca/news
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GENETICALLY MODIFIED CANOLA BECOMING A WEED
WebPosted Fri Jun 22 02:04:08 2001
WINNIPEG--Western farmers are struggling with a new pest in their fields; a crop that was supposed to make their lives easier.
INDEPTH: Food Fight
Genetically modified (GM) canola is appearing in farmers' fields where it wasn't planted, and because the plant has been engineered to resist conventional herbicides, it's tough to kill.
Agricultural scientists suspect that the plants spread through cattle manure. The seeds travel through an animal's digestive tract and are deposited on the soil, where they germinate.
"The GM canola has, in fact, spread much more rapidly than we thought it would," said Martin Entz, a plant scientist at the University of Manitoba. "It's absolutely impossible to control."
Ottawa approved GM canola in 1996, and at the time it did consider the possibility that it could become a weed. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency describes the current problem as "a nuisance" and has advised farmers to "use another chemical
(POISON)."
But the alternative chemicals (POISONS) can kill farmers' intended crops, and in some cases, the GM canola appears to be resistant to the other chemicals
(POISONS).
FROM JUNE 5, 2000: Farmer faces giant chemical company in court
Monsanto, which created on of the GM canola strains, says that if farmers' call the company, they'll send out a team to manually pull up the weeds. But Martin Phillipson, a University of Saskatchewan law professor, said that Monsanto may be liable for damages if their GM canola continues to spread.
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Well Mr. Helliker, Here is just one more documented incidence of one of today's/your "registered" "solutions" becoming one of today's PROBLEMS! It seems hillarious to me, that after you create "registered" super weed problems that can not be controlled with any of your "registered" POISONS, the POISON manufacturer has to resort to safe and far more effective (unregistered) pest control alternatives like manually pulling up the weeds! I certainly am glad that I did not "register" this WEED/frankenfood!
Respectfully, Stephen L. Tvedten
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