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ISIS/Green Network/TWN International Briefing at the European Parliament, Brussels
SCIENTISTS FOR A GM FREE EUROPE
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An international coalition of independent scientists will present comprehensive scientific evidence for a Europe-wide and a worldwide ban on the release of GM crops.
They will document how national and international regulators have been ignoring the precautionary principle, misusing science, sidestepping the law, and helping to promote GM technology in the face of massive public opposition and damning evidence piling up against the safety of GM food and feed.
The briefing meeting will be held on 12 June 2007 at the European Parliament. The speakers will explain to MEPs why a vote against GM in Europe is vital for a sustainable future for the world. Issues covered will include the health and environmental impacts of GM crops, demise of bees, no patents on life, biofuels, transgene contamination, the degradation of soils and rural economies.
Chair:
Mr Janusz Wojciechowski Vice Chairman of the European Parliament Committee onAgriculture and Rural Development
Speakers:
Dr. Irina Ermakova (RAS,RUS)
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho (ISIS, UK)
Dr. Caroline Lucas (Green MEP)
Prof. Joe Cummins (ISIS, CAN)
Dr. Dominique Cellier (CriiGen, FR)
Prof. Pietro Perrino (IT)
Dr. Eva Novotny (SGR, UK)
Mr Jeffrey Smith (IRT, USA)
Dr. Zbigniew Halat (ICPPC, POL)
Meeting room:
Time: 10am-2pm – Simultaneous translations
Location:
Paul Henri Spaak Building,
Room P5B001,
European Parliament,
Rue Wiertz 60,
1047,
Brussels
To register for this conference please contact: sam@i-sis.org.uk or telephone 0208 452 2729
This meeting is co-ordinated by:
TWN (Third World Network)
ISIS (Institute of Science in Society)
Green Network
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