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Monsanto Protection Act

Submitted by Silvia Ribeiro on Wed, 2013-06-05 23:00

Monsanto Protection Act

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On March 26th 2013 a legal clause takes effect in the United States which allows Monsanto and other multinational GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms) producers to ignore judicial decisions to stop GMO sowing, either due to irregularities in its approval, lack of health and environmental impact evaluations, new scientific evidence that alerts health hazards or for any other reason. It is a global unprecedented exception now called “Monsanto Protection Act”.

News Release: Last Chance for Kickstarter to stop release of risky seeds

Submitted by david on Wed, 2013-06-05 20:28

Stop the spread of synthetic biology

There is less than a day to go before the popular crowdfunding site Kickstarter.com hands hundreds of thousands of dollars to a controversial project for the widespread and unregulated distribution of over half a million extreme-bioengineered seeds. Kickstarter, which stands to make over $22,000 from the project (1), has steadfastly refused to comment on its listing of a project to make and distribute ‘glowing genetically modified plants’ using Synthetic Biology.

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Don't Dump Iron -- Dump Rogue Climate Schemes

Submitted by Jim Thomas on Mon, 2013-05-27 09:36

Article from Huffington Post

The original verison of this article is at : http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/l-jim-thomas/geoengineering-russ-george-iron-dumping_b_3332235.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

Jim Thomas ETC Group

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Biohackers Are Kickstarting Some Unregulated Experiments

Submitted by Jim Thomas on Mon, 2013-05-13 14:22

Jim Thomas - Huffington Post

Original online at http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/l-jim-thomas/synthetic-biology-kickstarter_b_3247151.html

New York Times: A Dream of Trees Aglow at Night

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2013-05-07 23:13

by Andrew Pollack

Online at http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/08/business/energy-environment/a-dream-of-glowing-trees-is-assailed-for-gene-tinkering.html?hpw&_r=0

8th May 2013

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Response from 'Glowing Plants' project

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2013-05-07 22:55

Email sent by Antony Evans

From: Antony Evans

Date: May 7, 2013 1:34:33 PM EDT

Subject: Re: Request to Cancel the Kickstarter Synthetic Biology ‘Glowing Plants’ project.

Dear Jim Thomas and Eric Hoffman,

Thank you for your interest in our project and taking the time to write to us with your concerns. Please allow me to clarify and expand upon a few key points.

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Wall Street Journal : Glow-in-The-Dark Plant Makes Activists See Red

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2013-05-07 22:43

By Anna Leach

Online at http://blogs.wsj.com/tech-europe/2013/05/07/glow-in-the-dark-plant-makes-activists-see-red/

An Israeli startup selling genetically-modified glow-in-the-dark plants over the Web has drawn the ire of environmentalists who are demanding it be withdrawn.

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Kickstopper letter to 'Glowing Plants' project

Submitted by Jim Thomas on Tue, 2013-05-07 22:32

ETC Group and Friends of The Earth request a halt to Synthetic Biology project.

2 May 2013 Dear Antony Evans,

Request to Cancel the Kickstarter Synthetic Biology ʻGlowing Plantsʼ project.

We are writing to express our concern, in the strongest possible terms, about the project you have listed on Kickstarter, which, as currently advertised, will likely result in widespread, random and uncontrolled release of bioengineered seeds and plants produced with synthetic biology techniques. We respectfully request that this project, which poses real world risks to the environment, be abandoned as currently described.